ASHRAE - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization founded to advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and related issues. This site contains information, guidelines and standards to assist HVAC&R practitioners, and resources for ASHRAE members.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.
US Environmental Protection Agency - The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) - The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) draws up voluntary technical specifications to help achieve a single European market, promoting the welfare of citizens and sustainable development.
European Environment Agency (EEA) - The European Environment Agency (EEA) and its partners in EIONET provide access to environmental information through themes and various services to quickly locate relevant reports, fact sheets, indicators, data and links about Europe's environment.
The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology - an international society for the environmental sciences: contamination control in electronics manufacturing and pharmaceutical processes; design, testing and evaluation of commercial and military equipment; and product reliability issues associated with commercial and military systems. Environmental is defined as: effects on equipment and machinery of natural, indoor and extreme environments, which may occur under various aerospace, naval and climatic conditions; simulating environments to better trace and predict those effects; and controlling the environments in which products are manufactured, processed, or tested.
ISO International Standards Organization - ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer of standards. ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
World Health Organization - The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health.