An agreement has been signed here recently between the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) and the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).Under this, they will “co-operate and work on a comprehensive memorandum of understanding towards their intersecting goals specifically in research and capacity building in Qatar energy and carbon footprint in co-operation with the local ASHRAE chapter”.The agreement was signed by QEERI executive director Dr Rabi H Mohtar, ASHRAE president Dr Ronald E Jarnagin, and Hassan Sultan of the local ASHRAE Qatar Oryx Chapter.QEERI, a national research institute in Qatar and a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), focuses on creation and application of knowledge as well as building local research capacity and synergies between local and international research organisation.ASHRAE is a global society made up of more than 53,000 members in some 136 countries dedicated to “shaping tomorrow’s built environment today”.