LATEST, NEW & UPDATED STANDARDS IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING Written and compiled by Consultant David Richards Hon.FSEE, CEng, CEnv


A fair number of updated standards relate to the energy performance of buildings. Asmany havemultiple parts and numerous sub-parts, only the overarching standards have been listed. One of these standards has the potential to have broader application and is specifically considered below.


BS EN ISO 52010-1 Energy performance of buildings. External climatic conditions. Conversion of climatic data for energy calculations.


This standard specifies a calculation procedure for the conversion of climatic data for energy calculations. The main element of the standard is the calculation of solar irradiance on a surface with arbitrary orientation and tilt.


Category Environmental Conditions


Environmental Testing


Standard BS ISO 19923


BS EN 62435-2 BS EN ISO 20484 BS EN 60068-2-18 BS EN 60749


Acoustics Contamination


Corrosion Climatic Shock & Vibration


Electro-Magnetic Sustainability


BS ISO 532 BS ISO 26101 ISO 1996-2 ISO 14644-13


BS ISO 20998-3 BS ISO 3651-3 BS ISO 19467 BS EN ISO 8041-1 BS ISO 16063-45 PD ISO/TR 19664 BS EN 55014-1 BS EN ISO 13370 BS EN ISO 13786 BS ISO 17772-1


BS EN ISO 52003-1


BS EN ISO 52010-1 BS EN ISO 52022 BS EN 61400-12-1 IEC/TS 62446-3


NewWork Items In order to givemembers the opportunity to take part in the setting of standards, the following are recently announced new standards work, along with the relevant BSI committee (in brackets).


BS EN 62670-3 ISO 5130 ISO 5982


ISO 11845 ISO 15230 ISO/TR 15264 EN 55014-1 EN 60904-10 EN 61400-50-3 EN 61701 EN 62209-2 IEC/TS 62282-9-101


IEC/TS 62600-3 IEC/TS 63126 EN 63142


A simplemethod for conversion of solar irradiance to illuminance is also provided. The solar irradiance and illuminance on an arbitrary surface are applicable as input for thermal energy and daylighting calculations, for building elements (such as roofs, facades and windows) and for components of technical building systems (such as thermal solar collectors, PV panels).


BS ISO 16063-45Methods for the calibration of vibration and shock transducers. In-situ calibration of transducers with built in calibration coil.


This newstandard describes the calibration of rectilinear vibration transducers by comparison. Although itmainly describes calibration using direct comparison to a standard


Description


Space environment (natural and artificial). Plasma environments for generation of worst case electrical potential differences for spacecraft. Electronic components. Long-termstorage of electronic semiconductor devices. Deteriorationmechanisms. Non-destructive testing. Leak testing. Vocabulary. Environmental testing. Tests. Test R and guidance:Water.


Semiconductor devices.Mechanical and climatic testmethods. -5 Steady-state temperature humidity bias life test. -28 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) sensitivity testing. Charged devicemodel (CDM). Device level.


Acoustics.Methods for calculating loudness. Acoustics. Testmethods for the qualification of free-field environments. Acoustics. Description,measurement and assessment of environmental noise. Determination of sound pressure levels.


Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments. Cleaning of surfaces to achieve defined levels of cleanliness in terms of particle and chemical classifications. Measurement and characterisation of particles by acousticmethods. Guidelines for non-linear theory. Determination of resistance to intergranular corrosion of stainless steels. Corrosion test for low-Cr ferritic stainless steels. Thermal performance of windows and doors. Determination of solar heat gain coefficient using solar simulator. Human response to vibration.Measuring instrumentation. General purpose vibrationmeter. Methods for the calibration of vibration and shock transducers. In-situ calibration of transducers with built in calibration coil. Human response to vibration. Guidance and terminology for instrumentation and equipment. Electromagnetic compatibility. Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus. Emission. Thermal performance of buildings. Heat transfer via the ground. Calculationmethods. Thermal performance of building components. Dynamic thermal characteristics. Calculationmethods.


Energy performance of buildings. Indoor environmental quality. Indoor environmental input parameters for the design and assessment of energy performance of buildings.


Energy performance of buildings. Indicators, requirements, ratings and certificates. General aspects and application to the overall energy performance. Energy performance of buildings. External climatic conditions. Conversion of climatic data for energy calculations. Energy performance of buildings. Thermal, solar and daylight properties of building components and elements. Wind power generation systems. Power performancemeasurement of electricity producing wind turbines.


Photovoltaic (PV) systems. Requirements for testing, documentation andmaintenance. Photovoltaicmodules and plants. Outdoor infrared thermography. Photovoltaic concentrators (CPV). Performance testing. Performancemeasurements and power rating. Acoustics.Measurements of sound pressure level emitted by stationary road vehicles (EH/1/2).


Mechanical vibration and shock. Range of idealized values to characterize seated-body biodynamic response under vertical vibration (GME/21/6). Corrosion ofmetals and alloys. General principles for corrosion testing (ISE/NFE/8). Mechanical vibration and shock. Coupling forces at theman-machine interface for hand-transmitted vibration (GME/21/6). Mechanical tests onmetallicmaterials. Evaluation of uncertainties in creep testing (ISE/101/1). Electromagnetic compatibility. Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus. Emission (GEL/210). Photovoltaic devices.Methods of linearitymeasurement (GEL/82). Wind energy generation systems. Use of nacellemounted lidars for windmeasurements (PEL/88). Saltmist corrosion testing of photovoltaic (PV)modules (GEL/82). Human exposure to radio frequency fields fromhand-held and bodymounted wireless communication devices. (GEL/106).


Fuel cell technologies. Evaluationmethodology for the environmental performance of fuel cell power systems based on life cycle thinking. (GEL/105). Marine energy.Wave, tidal and other water current converters.Measurement ofmechanical loads (PEL/114). Guidelines for qualifying PVmodules, components andmaterials for operation at higher temperatures (GEL/8). A globalmethodology for reliability data prediction of electronic components (DS/1)


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calibrated by primarymethods, themethods described can be applied between other levels in the calibration hierarchy. It can also be used under field conditions,where the uncertainty ofmeasurementmay be relatively large.


BS ISO 19923 Space environment (natural and artificial). Plasma environments for generation of worst case electrical potential differences for spacecraft.


Although relating to a relatively specialized electro- magnetic environment, this standard specifies space plasma environments that lead to the generation of the worst-case surface potential differences for spacecraft. It also specifies how to estimate worst-case potential differences by using the simulation codes provided.


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