The National Fire Protection Association, founded in 1896, is the publisher of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code^®, NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code^™, NFPA 101, Life Safety Code^®, and many others.  The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. NFPA membership totals more than 75,000 individuals from around the world and more than 80 national trade and professional organizations.

www.nfpa.org

CSA International has been a leader in standards development since 1919 and is a leading provider of product testing and certification services for products sold in the U.S., Canada and around the world.   As a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) accredited by the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA), CSA International tests and certifies manufacturers’ products to U.S., Canadian and Internationally recognized standards such as ANSI, UL, CSA, NSF, IEC and more. CSA Marks appear on over one billion products worldwide.

www.csa-international.org

The Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. is a not-for-profit international association of the world's manufacturers of related air system equipment.   AMCA International, backed by almost 80 years of standards development, is the world's leading authority in the development of the science and art of engineering as relates to air movement and air control devices. AMCA International publishes and distributes standards, references, and application manuals for specifiers, engineers, and others with an interest in air systems to use in the selection, evaluation, and troubleshooting of air system components. Many of AMCA International's standards are accepted as American National Standards.

www.amca.org

ISA – The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automaton Society is globally recognized as a standards writing organization, developing consensus standards for automation, security, safety, batch control, control valves, fieldbus, environmental conditions, measurement, and symbols. Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ISA has published more than 135 standards, recommended practices, and technical reports, through the dedicated efforts of a network of industry experts.  Founded in 1945 as a nonprofit, educational organization, ISA has expanded its technical and geographical reach to become a resource for 38,000 Members and thousands of other professionals and practitioners in more than 110 countries around the world.

www.isa.org

ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers is an international organization of 50,000 persons with chapters throughout the world.  The Society is organized for 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.  Through its membership, ASHRAE writes standards that set uniform methods of testing and rating of equipment and establish accepted practices for the HVAC&R industry worldwide.

www.ashrae.org

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the global organization responsible for developing and publishing international standards and specifications for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. The membership consists of more than 60 participating countries, including all the world's major trading nations and a growing number of industrializing countries. Its standards are used in more than 100 countries as the basis for national rules and standards.

www.iec.ch