Membership Promotion (MP) Membership GRADES

Member –Twelve or more years experience in the built environment: Education, licenses, work experience Associate –Any applicant working in built environment industries Affiliate –Introductory membership for applicants Age 30 and younger New to the built environment industry Student –Students in engineering, architecture, construction or food science academic programs Membership Types What are the various membership grades?

Benefits What are the associated benefits with each member grade? New Member New Associate New Affiliate New Student Developing Economies Annual Fee$190 $50 (yr 1), $70 (yr 2), $90 (yr 3) $20$90 ASHRAE Handbook Yes 20% off of list price first year $49 print $39 CD Yes CD only ASHRAE Handbook Online Yes 1 year $49 Yes 1 year Publications Discounts Yes Education & Certification Discounts Yes

Prestige Local chapter recognition Service Society, chapter or regional committees To qualify for ASHRAE Fellow/other Society awards You can add Member ASHRAE to your tag Allows your chapter to shine Society recognition in Insights Membership Advancement Why does a member advance from Associate to Member?

Associate with 12+ members years Associates with a PE license To advance: –Update member bio online –Send an to indicating an interest in membership Membership Advancement Who should I encourage to advance?

Students Student members who are no longer enrolled as full-time students must transfer (SmartStart) to Associate Students interested in transferring: Affiliates Affiliate membership is limited to three years Is for members age 30 and younger Automatically transferred to Associate after the three year term Affiliates can change to Associate early –Contact for assistance –Required to pay the balance difference of the two memberships Membership Transfers & Changes What other types of membership grade changes are there?

Associates & Members residing in low and lower middle income economies per World Bank –Engaging members globally expands our reach –ASHRAE Handbook CD & Digital ASHRAE Journal Renewing members residing in designated countries: –Select ‘DC’ in online renewal, or –Select $90 option on print invoice New members: join online and select ‘DC’ option Print application at ‘Join ASHRAE’ online Developing Economies Membership What is this and who qualifies for it?

Group Discussion Membership Grades All of the MP training materials can be found on the blog at: Staff Support You have two staff contacts at ASHRAE Headquarters in Atlanta, GA, USA. They are: Daniel Gurley, Manager of Membership address: Phone: (678) Rhiannon Loomis, Asst Manager of Membership address: Phone: (678) What questions do you have?