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    CIBSE

    CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) is an international body which represents and provides services to the building services profession.

    The Institution has two main functions:

    It confers an internationally recognised badge of quality.

    It undertakes a wide range of learned society activities ranging from producing information services and acknowledged industry good practice publications in its series of Guides and other publications, to running a wide range of events, and to providing extensive networking activities through a series of regional and special interest groups.

    What are building services?

    Services such as lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, public health systems and lifts which, in commercial buildings, typically account for 30-40% of total construction costs.



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      CMHC- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
      "the federal government's housing agency, is responsible for administering the National Housing", formerly the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation

      ASHRAE-American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
      "the sole purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration for the public's benefit through research, standards writing, continuing education and publications."

      ANSI-- American National Standards Institute
      "a private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity."


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