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ISO 16817 defines general principles for the design of building indoor environment and helps the main participants in the design process to ensure an indoor environment of the quality required for users. The purpose of this document is to provide design team members with a design process for the indoor visual environment to aid provision of, […]

To improve water management at local, regional and global levels, we first need a better understanding of related impacts, as well as internationally consistent assessment techniques, to identify our water footprint and report results. To address these issues, ISO created working group WG 8, Water footprint, within technical committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, subcommittee SC […]

ISO 16732-1, Fire safety engineering – Fire risk assessment – Part 1 : General, is for use by fire safety practitioners, such as fire safety engineers, public authorities, fire service personnel, code developers and enforcers, insurers, fire safety managers, and risk managers. Fire risk assessment can be used to: Support any decisions about fire prevention or fire protection […]

ISO 13383-1:2012 describes manual methods of making measurements for the determination of grain size of fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) using photomicrographs of polished and etched test pieces. The methods described in ISO 13383-1:2012 do not yield the true mean grain diameter, but a somewhat smaller parameter depending on the method applied to […]

ISO/TS 25740-1:2011 is applicable to escalators and moving walks that are intended to carry persons. ISO/TS 25740-1:2011 does not specifically cover all needs of users with disabilities, nor risks arising from work on escalators and moving walks under construction and during alterations and dismantling, vandalism, and fire in the environment outside the LCU. The objective […]

CE marking is a certification mark that indicates conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area(EEA).The CE marking is also found on products sold outside the EEA that are manufactured in, or designed to be sold in, the EEA. This makes the CE marking recognizable worldwide even to people who are not familiar […]

ISO 13053-1:2011 describes a methodology for the business improvement methodology known as Six Sigma. The methodology typically comprises five phases: define, measure, analyse, improve and control (DMAIC). ISO 13053-1:2011 recommends the preferred or best practice for each of the phases of the DMAIC methodology used during the execution of a Six Sigma project. It also […]

ISO 44001 Collaborative business relationship management systems – Requirements and framework is an international standard published 1 March 2017 by the International Organisation for Standardisation. It is based on British Standards BS 11000, initially developed from 2006 as PAS 11000 (2006). ISO 44001 is now aligned to the high level structure that covers all ISO management standards, and incorporates the eight stage life cycle model that […]

ISO/IEC 17024:2012, Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons, provides a global benchmark for personnel certification programmes to ensure that they operate in a consistent, comparable and reliable manner worldwide, thereby allowing individuals to have skills that translate across national lines. The breadth and scope of certification programmes in existence today is […]

ISO 16732-1, Fire safety engineering – Fire risk assessment – Part 1 : General, is for use by fire safety practitioners, such as fire safety engineers, public authorities, fire service personnel, code developers and enforcers, insurers, fire safety managers, and risk managers. Fire risk assessment can be used to: Support any decisions about fire prevention or fire protection […]