AFE—Association for Facilities Engineering
12801 Worldgate Drive, Suite 500
Herndon, VA 20170
http://www.afe.org
AFE is a professional organization that provides education, certification,
and technical information for plant and facility engineering, operations,
and maintenance professionals.AIA—The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5292
http://www.aia.org
AIA is the professional organization for architects in the United States.AIIB—Asian Institute of Intelligent Buildings
City University of Hong Kong
Department of Building & Construction
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Hong Kong
http://www.aiib.net
AIIB is an independent and academic institute whose aim is to develop Asia’s
definitions and standards for intelligent buildings and to act as an indepen-
dent certification authority for intelligent buildings.ANSI—American National Standards Institute
1819 L Street, NW, 6th floor
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.ansi.org
ANSI is a private, nonprofit organization that administers and coordinates
the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.ASHRAE—The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-
Conditioning Engineers
1791 Tullie Circle, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
http://www.ashrae.org
ASHRAE is an organization providing research, standards, publications and
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