The membership committee is not only responsible for the promotion of the local chapter but
also for broadening the type of membership to include all individuals concerned with the HVAC industry.
Whether you are involved in engineering, contracting, energy management, sales, operations,
code enforcement, or education, or if you have an interest in HVAC in general, ASHRAE membership
can provide you a wide variety of opportunities to help you pursue and keep informed of developments
affecting the HVAC industry.
Join ASHRAE
Become National Member
Renew National Membership
Become a Chapter Member
Member Applications:
For member application, or for membership upgrade, e-mail or call the membership chair listed above for
an application. Alternatively, you can download a membership application or update your personal information
by logging on to the ASHRAE Society web site at www.ashrae.org. Student members desiring a membership
upgrade from student member may also accomplish this at this same address.
Students desiring student membership should contact your faculty advisor.
Although there are no local dues, it is important you fill out a local membership
questionnaire to ensure you are listed in the ASHRAE Dayton Chapter roster.
Member Benefits:
- Receipt of the ASHRAE Journal and ASHRAE Insights providing information regarding current
case studies and industry developments (Monthly) - Receipt of the current ASHRAE Handbook update (Annual)
- Networking with other persons with similar interests during monthly chapter meetings
- Membership discounts on ASHRAE publications
- Attendance of various local, regional and national ASHRAE conferences and trade-shows
- Voluntary membership to a variety of ASHRAE technical committees
- Access to ‘Members Only’ portion of Society web page
ASHRAE Membership Grades:
Any person of preeminent professional distinction as determined and elected by the ASHRAE Board of Directors
Upon the installation of a successor, the outgoing President of the Society shall become a Presidential Member
A Member who has attained distinction in the arts relating to the sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning or ventilation,
or the allied arts and sciences, or in the teaching of major courses in said arts and sciences, or who by reason of invention,
research, teaching, design, original work or as an engineering executive on projects of unusual or important scope, has made
substantial contribution to said arts and sciences, and has been in good standing as a Member for at least ten (10) years.
Election by the ASHRAE Society Board of Directors.
Each shall be a member who has been a full Member, an Associate Member or an Affiliate in good
standing for an accumulative total of thirty (30) years and who has attained the age of sixty-five (65) years.
The member shall retain all the rights and privileges of the most recent membership grade.
A Member shall have the equivalent of twelve Society-approved years of experience composed of a combination of
(a) completed education beyond high school, (b) work experience and (c) professional engineering or related
professional registration or license issued by a legally authorized body. All technical and scientific education
shall be based on curricula approved by the Board of Directors.
An Associate member shall have a total of eight Society-approved years of experience as defined in Section 2.6 of the ASHRAE Society Bylaws.
A student member shall be matriculated in an approved course of study in Society-related fields of
education at a university, college, junior college or technical institute. The Board of Directors may
establish other criteria for acceptable student membership.