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Our Mission

To advocate and promote the use of environmentally responsible Evaporative Heat Transfer Systems (EHTS), cooling towers, and cooling technology for the benefit of the public by encouraging:

• Education
• Research
• Standards Development and Verification
• Government Relations
• Technical Information Exchange

Our Objectives

• Maintain and expand a broad-base membership of individuals and organizations interested in evaporative heat transfer systems (EHTS), cooling towers, and cooling technology.
• Identify and address emerging and evolving issues concerning evaporative heat transfer systems (EHTS), cooling towers, and cooling technology. Encourage and support educational programs in various formats to enhance the capabilities and competence of the industry to realize the maximum benefit of evaporative heat transfer systems (EHTS), cooling towers, and cooling technology.
• Encourage and support cooperative research to improve evaporative heat transfer systems technology and efficiency for the long-term benefit of the environment.
• Assure acceptable minimum quality levels and performance of evaporative heat transfer systems and their components by establishing standard specifications, guidelines, and certification programs.
• Establish standard testing and performance analysis systems and procedures for evaporative heat transfer systems, cooling towers, and cooling technology.
• Communicate with and influence governmental entities regarding the environmentally responsible technologies, benefits, and issues associated with evaporative heat transfer systems (EHTS), cooling towers, and cooling technology.
• Encourage and support forums and methods for exchanging technical information on evaporative heat transfer systems (EHTS), cooling towers, and cooling technology.