Tim Dwyer, head of the Department of Engineering Systems at London South Bank University, was elected to the board of ASHRAE as director-at-large, representing the large overseas membership. ASHRAE, which was founded in 1894, is an international technical body with 55,000 members. It states its mission as: "Advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education."