Industry, Analyst, and Standards Organizations (non-protocol specific)

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1	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. ASHRAE writes standards and guidelines in its fields of expertise to guide industry in the delivery of goods and services to the public. ASHRAE standards and guidelines include uniform methods of testing for rating purposes, describe recommended practices in designing and installing equipment and provide other information to guide the industry..	101
2	ARC Advisory Group Founded in 1986, ARC Advisory Group has grown to become the thought leader in manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain solutions.	107
3	Association for Enterprise Integration The Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI) is a non-profit association for corporate and individual members whose common goal is to advance enterprise integration, network centric operations and world-class electronic business practices for industries and governments around the globe. AFEI builds government and industry inter-relationships that cut across national and organizational boundaries and promotes the development of a global information infrastructure. AFEI is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) family of associations.	111
4	Arcat Find building products, specs, and cad details easily and free.	113
5	BICSI BICSI's mission is to enhance the telecommunications industry by providing excellent education, promoting skill sharing, and assessing knowledge with professional registration programs.	104
6	CABA Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council The Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council will specifically review opportunities, strategize, take action and monitor initiatives that relate to integrated systems and automation in the large building sector. The Council is comprised of leading and visionary representation from all segments of the building industry including manufacturers, service providers, building owners and building professionals.	109
7	Construction Specifications Institute The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is an individual membership technical society whose core purpose is to improve the process of creating and sustaining the built environment. The Institute provides technical information and products, continuing education, professional conferences, and product shows to enhance communication among all disciplines of nonresidential building design and construction and meet the industry	110
8	Enterprise Management Associates Traditionally, network management has been viewed as device management. While this may have had merit in the past, technology and business have changed significantly. Dennis Drogseth, director of the NSM practice area, views the network as a delivery system for critical business services, vital for success and growth. He approaches this discipline in a visionary manner that is aligned with today's business requirements and Internet dynamics. As complex, emerging technologies are integrated into the network infrastructure, there is an endless need to understand how to manage gracefully, profitably, and competitively.	117
9	IFMA IFMA is Absolutely FM. The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) is the premier professional association for facility management. Supporting the largest community of FM professionals in the industry, IFMA membership comprises more than 17,300 facility professionals throughout 55 countries. Our members have a voice in 127 chapters and 15 councils and one special interest group. IFMA was established in 1980 as a not-for-profit, incorporated association dedicated to promoting excellence in the management of facilities. Globally, IFMA spots trends, conducts research, provides educational programs, and assists corporate and organizational facility managers in developing strategies to manage human, facility and real estate resources. The combined purchasing power of IFMA	105
10	International Alliance for Interoperability The Alliance promotes information exchange between all software platforms and applications serving the building community. Their web site features information on membership, technical contacts and a calendar of upcoming educational events.	123
11	ISA - The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society ISA is a 38,000-member global, nonprofit, educational organization connecting people and ideas in automation + control. The Society fosters advancement in the theory, design, manufacture, and use of sensors, instruments, computers, and systems for automation +control in a wide variety of applications. In addition to hosting the largest conferences and exhibitions for automation + control in the Western Hemisphere, ISA is a leading technical training organization and a respected publisher of books, magazines, and standards. ISA also serves the professional development and accreditation needs of Control Systems Engineers (CSE), instrument technicians, and others within the field of automation + control. The S4 Group, Inc. is an active member of ISA.	106
12	NIST Computer Integrated Building Processes Group Researchers in the Computer Integrated Building Processes Group are working collaboratively with the U.S. construction and building industries to establish an exemplary computer-integrated construction environment, based on open standards for the representation, access, exchange, use, visualization, and archiving of information.	128
13	NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory The Building and Fire Research Laboratory studies building materials; computer-integrated construction practices; fire science and fire safety engineering; and structural, mechanical, and environmental engineering. Products of the laboratory's research include measurements and test methods, performance criteria, and technical data that supports innovations by industry and are incorporated into building and fire standards and codes.	99
14	OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. The oBIX initiative is hosted by OASIS	100
15	Object Management Group The nearly 800 member companies of the Object Management Group produce and maintain a suite of specifications that support distributed, heterogeneous software development projects from analysis and design through coding, deployment, runtime, and maintenance.	108