HVACR Associations and Professional Societies

• ABRAVA^{1, 2} — Brazilian Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Ventilation Industry Association (Associação Brasileira de Refrigeração, Ar Condicionado, Ventilação e Aquecimento)
• ABOK¹ — Russian Association of Engineers for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Heat Supply and Building Thermal Physics
• AAFRIO — Argentina Association of Refrigeration (Asociación Argentina del Frío)
• ACAIRE — Colombian Association of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (Asociacion Colombiana del Acondicionamiento y de la Refrigeracion)
• ACRA — The Hong Kong Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association Ltd.
• AEEF — European Association of Refrigeration Enterprises
• AFEC — Alliance Froid Climatisation Environnement (France)
• AGFRO — Romanian General Association for Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Sanitary and Electrical Engineering
• AICARR — Italian Association of Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration (Associazione Italiana Condizionamento dell'Aria Riscaldamento e Refrigerazione)
• AIRAH — Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating
• AMERIC — Mexican Association of Business Industry Facilities For The Construction
• APIC — Association of Professional Companies in Industry of Climate (Russia)
• APIRAC — Portuguese Association of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Associação Portuguesa da Ind. de Refrigeração e Ar Condicionado)
• AREA — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration European Association
• AREMA² — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Manufacturers Association of Australia
• ASERCOM — Association of European Refrigeration Compressor Manufacturers
• ASHRAE — American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc
• Asociatia Generale o Frigotehnstilor din Romania
• ATECYR — Spanish Technical Association of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Asociacion Technica Espanola de Climatizacion y Refrigeracion)
• CGA — Canadian Gas Association
• CRAA^{1, 2} — China Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association
• DANVAK — Danish Society of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineers
• DKV — German Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association (Deutscher Kälte- und Klimatechnischer Verein)
• EFRIARC — Portuguese Association of Industrial Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
• EHI — European Heating Industry
• EPEE — European Partnership for Energy and the Environment
• EUROVENT² — European Committee of Air Handling and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers
• FETA — Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (UK)
• FINVAC — The Finnish Association of HVAC Societies
• FREA — Finnish Refrigeration Enterprises Association
• HRAI² — Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada
• ICARHMA — International Council of Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Heating Manufacturers' Associations
• IEA Heat Pump Centre
• IIAR — International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration
• IIR — International Institute of Refrigeration
• IRHACE — Institute of Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers (New Zealand)
• IRI — Institute of Refrigeration Ireland
• ISHRAE¹ — Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
• JRAIA² — Japan Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association
• JSRAE — Japan Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
• KRACC¹ — Korean Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Assessment Center
• KRAIA² — Korean Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association
• LAFI —The Icelandic Heating, Ventilation and Sanitary Association
• Norsk VVS — Norwegian HVAC Energy and Environmental Association (Norsk VVS Energi- og Miljøteknisk Forening)
• NPGA — National Propane Gas Association
• NVKL — Dutch Association for Refrigeration and Air Handling (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Koudetechniek en Luchtbehandeling)
• Pakistan HVACR Society
• Polish Society of Mechanical Engineers
• RAMA^1,2 — Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Manufacturers Association (India)
• ROSSOUZHOLODPROM — Russian Union of Enterprises of Refrigeration Industry
• REVHA — Federation of European HVAC Associations
• SAIRAC — South African Institute of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
• Swedish Society of Refrigeration
• Swedvac — Swedish Society of HVAC Engineers
• UNICLIMA — The French Air Handling, Air conditioning and Refrigeration equipment Manufacturers Association
• VENACOR — The Venezuelan Chamber of Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Related Refrigeration
• VDKF — Association of German Cold-Climate Specialists (Verband Deutscher Kaelte-Klima-Fachbetriebe e. V)

Standards Organizations

• AFNOR — Association Francaise de Normalisation
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute
• ASHRAE — American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc
• BSI – British Standards
• CEN — The European Committee for Standardization
• CENELEC — The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
• CSA International — Canadian Standards Association
• DIN — Deutches Institut für Normunge.V (Germany)
• ESMA¹ — Emirates Authority for Standardization and Meteorology (United Arab Emirates)
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• JIS — Japanese Industrial Standards
• NSSN — National Standards Systems Network
• SASO¹ — Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
• SES — Standards Engineering Society
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Programme

¹ Has cooperation agreement with AHRI
² Member of ICARHMA


International Trade Groups

• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• EABC — European-American Business Council
• globalEDGE
• LATCO Tools of the Trade — Latin American International Trade Sites
• TABD — The Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue
• USCBC — The United States-China Business Council, Inc.
• USCIB — United States Council for International Business
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• USIBC — U.S.- India Business Council
• The World Bank
• WTO — World Trade Organization

Certification Bodies

• EUROVENT Certification
• Intertek
• UL — Underwriters Laboratories

Government Resources

• DOC Commercial Foreign Service — Department of Commerce Commercial Foreign Service
• Department of State — U.S. Department of State
• EU — European Union
• Ex-Im Bank — Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Export.gov — U.S. Government Export Portal
• ITA — International Trade Association
• U.S. Trade Representative — Office of the United States Trade Representative