"Provides guidance, tools, and aids for building facility mangers, operators, technicians, and consultants to monitor and improve facility performance; covers energy-using and water-using systems and systems affecting indoor environmental quality (indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lighting, acoustics) and measurement and operating techniques for energy and water conservation and IEQ improvement"--
Known today as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), it went through mergers and name changes to become what it is today.
In 1894, it the organization was found by a group of engineering during a meeting in New York, USA and was known as the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHVE).
In 1954, the name was changed to American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHAE).
In 1959, ASHAE merged with American Society of Refrigerating Engineers (ASRE) to become ASHRAE.