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American Boiler Manufacturers Association

(ABMA)

http://www.abma.com

Air Conditioning Contractors of America

(ACCA)

http://www.acca.org

American Gas Association (AGA)

http://www.aga.org

Association of Home Appliance

Manufacturers (AHAM)

http://www.aham.org

Air Movement and Control Association

(AMCA)

http://www.amca.org

American National Standards Institute

(ANSI)

http://www.ansi.org

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Institute (ARI)

http://www.ari.org

American Institute of Aeronautics and

Astronautics

http://www.aiaa.org

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

http://www.aiche.org

The American Society of Agricultural and

Biological Engineers

http://www.asae.org

American Society of Civil Engineers

http://www.asce.org

American Nuclear Society

http://www.ans.org

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating

and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

http://www.ashrae.org

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

(ASME International)

http://www.asme.org

American Society for Testing and

Materials (ASTM)

http://www.astm.org

CStandards

All products sold in Europe must now comply with Cstandards. Before the formation of the

European Union and the utilization of Cstandards, manufacturers in Europe and those export-

ing to Europe had to comply with different standards based on the requirements that were dic-

tated by a specific country. Cprovides a single set of safety and environmental standards that

is used throughout Europe. The Cmarking on a product ensures conformity to European

standards. The letters Ccome from the French words Conformité Europeenné.

Other Internationally Recognized

Standardization Organizations

The British Standards Institute (BSI) is another internationally known organization that deals

with standardization. In fact, BSI, founded in 1901, is one of the oldest standardization bod-

ies in the world. It is a nonprofit organization that organizes and distributes British, European,

and International standards. Other internationally recognized standardization organizations

include the GermanDeutsches Institut für Normung(DIN), the FrenchAssociation Française de

normalisation(AFNOR), the SwedishStandardiserigen I Sverige(SIS), and the China State

Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision (CSBTS). Visit the Web sites of these organiza-

tions to obtain more information about them. A comprehensive list of various standardization

organizations and their Web addresses (if available) that you may find useful when searching for

information about organizations dealing with engineering standards and codes follows.

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