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ASSOCIATIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
The team also met with numerous consulting
practices and role players in the industry,
which gave them some insight into what
their activities should be focused on this
year. These included the South African
Refrigerated Distribution Association
(SARDA) and the Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR). CLA
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1. The ASHRAE team after a successful and
fruitful meeting with CESA.
2. The RAL team, SA chapter
representatives, and the Turkish
HVAC-R Exporters Association at CESA
headquarters.
3. Leading built environment professionals,
young engineers, and the SARDA
chairperson take time to collaborate
with the ASHRAE team at the Aecom
offices in Bellville, Cape Town.
4. Meeting with the SAIRAC president,
from left: Nitin Naik (Sub Region 2 chair,
Region At Large); Farooq Mehboob
(ASHRAE vice-president); Tim Wentz
(presidential member and chair of
Region At Large Ad Hoc Committee);
Dr Ahmed Alaa (director and regional
chair of ASHRAE Region At Large);
Sheila Hayter (ASHRAE president); Grant
Laidlaw (SAIRAC outgoing president);
Cem Savci (member of the supervisory
board of Turkish HVAC&R exporters);
Pauline Prinsloo (ASHRAE SA chapter –
chapter technology transfer committee
chair); Abbas Sajid (chair CRC Locations
Region at Large Sub Region 2); Richard
Humphrey (ASHRAE SA chapter
president); and Ritchie Mittal (region
members council, Region At Large).
During the week prior to the official launch
of the South African ASHRAE chapter in
July, the association’s president and other
committee members (international and
local) went around the country to meet
with key stakeholders.
To date, they have had decidedly
fruitful and successful meetings with the
following (among others):
• The Engineering Council of South Africa
(ECSA), with the intent of becoming
a voluntary association and having
ASHRAE’s technical courses accredited.
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