If you would like to participate in the development of ASHRAE standards and guidelines through service on a project committee, see the information listed below. Request application forms from the Administrative Assistant to the ASHRAE Manager of Standards (AA-MOS) at ASHRAE Headquarters, 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329-2305, Tel: 678 539-1125, Fax: 678 539-2125, e-mail: PCMembership@ashrae.net.

Project Committee Membership: The Application Process

Online Membership Forms and Instructions

1. The ASHRAE Standards Committee is primarily responsible for directing the ASHRAE standards and guidelines program. This committee of volunteers is elected by the Board of Directors to be representative of different standards interest groups and is supported by a staff guided by the ASHRAE Manager of Standards (MOS).
2. ASHRAE project committees (PCs), which are established and supervised by the ASHRAE Standards Committee, are continually in the process of developing new standards and guidelines and revising current ones so that they reflect technical advances in the areas they cover.
3. The Standards Committee, upon recommendation of the Planning, Policy and Interpretations Subcommittee (PPIS), votes to approve the title, purpose and scope of the proposed standard or guideline and to establish a PC; i.e., a Standard Project Committee (SPC) or a Guideline Project Committee (GPC).
4. The Chair of the Standards Project Liaison Subcommittee (SPLS) appoints an SPLS Liaison to the Project Committee.
5. MOS places a notice providing the title, purpose and scope, and an invitation for PC membership applications, in the ASHRAE Standards Actions. ANSI, the trade press and affected organizations are also notified.
6. AA-MOS sends interested respondents an application composed of two forms to be completed and returned; namely, the Application for Individual PC Membership and the Potential Sources of Bias and Conflict of Interest forms.
7. A potential chairman, who must be an ASHRAE member, is recruited by the SPLS Liaison, considering the applications received and recommendations by the cognizant Technical Committee or other appropriate ASHRAE committee.
8. SPLS and Standards Committee approve the PC chair.
9. AA-MOS forwards completed applications to the chair.
10. The chair recommends individuals knowledgeable in the discipline(s) of the proposed standard or guideline as voting or nonvoting members of the PC, drawing upon applications received and recruitment. The group of candidates recommended for voting membership, usually between 5 and 19, includes a balance of producer, user and general interests.
11. SPLS and Standards Committee approve the members.
12. AA-MOS advises the PC chair and each member of his/her selection as a member of the PC.
13. The PC begins work. Advice and guidance with respect to procedures and organization may be sought at any stage of the work from the SPLS Liaison or MOS.