Does ASHRAE provide each chapter participating in the chapter Web site hosting program its own URL?
ASHRAE has purchased one domain name for the hosting of chapters’ program. This provides consistency, but also means that the Society does not have to select, register and maintain each individual domain name for chapters (and TCs). For example, in the case of the Montreal Chapter, the domain name would be: http://montreal.ashraechapters.org. The chapter can designate itself anyway it wants before the first dot. If the Web site is designed properly how the site is named should not make a difference to a search engine. Through the chapter hosting service, ASHRAE is not trying to be a commercial service provider. It is simply purchasing space from a service provider and offering that space in subdivided fashion at no cost to chapters and TCs.
