CIBSE and ASHRAE offer new membership deal

Under the new agreement, ASHRAE members who hold professional engineering designations can join CIBSE without undergoing the normal qualifications review. Likewise, CIBSE members can join without undergoing ASHRAE’s admissions and advancement review.

John Armstrong, president of CIBSE, said: “This is another step in strengthening the links between our two organisations and an opportunity for our respective members to access wider knowledge, information and guidance, which is now essential if we are to design, construct and operate more sustainable buildings in the future.”

“Making it easier for ASHRAE and CIBSE members to join our respective organisations furthers the exchange of ideas,” Terry Townsend, ASHRAE president, said. “When our members join other groups, particularly outside North America, they are exposed to new technologies since HVAC&R technology differs due to geographic, environmental, cultural and economic requirements. This exposure makes for more well-rounded engineers and more well-rounded engineering organisations.”