The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center (ACRC) was established in 1988 by the National Science Foundation of the United States as an Industry-University cooperative research center.

Since its founding, the ACRC has provided a forum for industry to coordinate and share precompetitive research on energy-efficient, ozone-safe technologies. In this partnership with the University of Illinois, graduate students and faculty conduct advanced study in acoustics, dynamics, control systems, design, materials, and the thermal sciences. Research within the ACRC is conducted as a collaboration between industry and the university--it is a collaboration driving innovation.

For information on membership contact Co-Directors Anthony Jacobi (a-jacobi@uiuc.edu) and Predrag Hrnjak (pega@uiuc.edu).