Industry Standards

BOMA standards gain ANSI accreditation

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has announced that two more of its measurement standards, Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z65.1 – 2010) and Gross Areas of a Building: Standard Methods of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z65.3 – 2009), have been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). A third title in BOMA’s suite of measurement standards, Industrial Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z.65.2–2009) was also recently accredited by ANSI.

For more information, see www.boma.org

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ANSI works with ASA

NEW YORK—A recently released standard from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) organizational member and accredited standards developer the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) specifies requirements and procedures for the measurement of sound pressure levels in air.

ANSI/ASA S1.13-2005 (R2010), Measurement of Sound Pressure Levels in Air, replaces a previous edition of the standard and provides requirements that apply primarily to measurements performed under normal, relatively calm meteorological conditions.

This American National Standard describes procedures for the measurement of sound pressure levels in air at a single point in space. Applicable to a wide range of measurements performed indoors and conducted outdoors under specified conditions, this fundamental standard covers sounds that may differ widely in temporal and spectral characteristics.

For more information, see www.ansi.org

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Associations produce book of standards

ATLANTA—The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have produced a book presenting a standardized set of protocols over a range of accuracies and costs that can be applied consistently to the assessment of building performance.

The volume, Performance Measurement Protocols for Commercial Buildings, identifies what to measure, how to measure it and how often it is to be measured for inclusion in buildings’ operation and maintenance plan.

For more information, see www.ashrae.org

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ISO publishes CD-ROM of standards

GENEVA, Switzerland—The International Standards Organization (ISO) has just published a CD-ROM compilation of 202 standards and related documents addressing the field of mechanical vibration, shock and the condition monitoring of machines, including vehicles, and structures, such as bridges and buildings.

The documents accessible on the Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring ISO Standards collection on CD-ROM include the entire portfolio of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 108, Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring, as well as a selection of other related ISO standards.

For more information, see ww.iso.org

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