BOMA and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engs. sign Memorandum of Understanding

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in recognition of shared technical interests to foster superior building performance. Both organizations will work together in achieving, among others, the following goals: * Identify opportunities for shared operation services * Identify opportunities to collaborate on product development, and to give presentations at each other's conferences * Where mutually beneficial, jointly promote educational programs to members and jointly identify, create and identify new products and services * Encourage continuing dialogue between ASHRAE and BOMA at national, regional and local levels on issues of importance to engineers and building professionals. * Encourage collaborative and cooperative activities to promote continuing professional development. * BOMA and ASHRAE commit to support each other and fully participate in standard development areas, initially centering around ASHRAE standards 62.1, 90.1, 180 and 189.1 working within the ANSI consensus standards development process.