Illustrating that concerns about the built environment are shared worldwide, ASHRAE and the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) recently made a commitment to collaborate by signing a memorandum of understanding.

The MOU was signed last month at ASHRAE Headquarters in Atlanta. The two groups are agreeing to advance and promote the mutual interests of engineering and built environment professionals. ASHRAE currently has 157 members in Japan.

“Working with JSRAE allows ASHRAE to expand its reach into countries that can contribute to and benefit from the technology and information sharing in the Society,” Gordon Holness, ASHRAE president, said. “This will help in creating a worldwide best practices databank of innovative and successful technologies that can serve the HVAC&R community.”

“It brings me much pleasure that ASHRAE and JSRAE have reached an agreement to explore collaboration on advanced refrigerant management along with other important HVAC&R issues,” Momoki Katakura, JSRAE president, said. “This MOU will surely stand as a monumental event in the history of both of our organizations. I sincerely hope that both organizations will continue to play a leading global role through innovative and inspiring mutual consultation geared toward positive solutions to the problems facing us.”

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