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New ANSI-Approved Retail Measurement Standard

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:29:51 +0000

BOMA's standard is designed to serve the interests of building owners, managers, and occupants as well as facility managers, brokers, appraisers, assessors, lenders, insurers, developers, construction and design professionals, and others.

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ANSI Approves Second InfoComm Standard

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:16:43 +0000

Last month, ANSI approved InfoComm's standard that is focused on designing and coordinating audiovisual systems in a facility.

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BOMA Industrial Measurement Standard ANSI Accredited

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:39:14 +0000

The standard, developed by BOMA International and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® provides guidance on how to measure the floor area of industrial buildings.

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BOMA To Renew Floor Measurement Standard

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:18:13 +0000

BOMA International is in the process of renewing the designation its floor measurement standard for offices, Office Buildings: Standard Methods of Measurement and Calculating Rentable Area.

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AEDG for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:43:05 +0000

This latest guide focuses on energy saving strategies for small healthcare facilities up to 90,000 square feet in size, including acute care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, critical access hospitals, and inpatient community hospitals.

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BHMA Issues Revised Door Hardware Standards

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:50:56 +0000

BHMA announces the publication of three revised American National Standards: ANSI/BHMA A156.3 -2008 for Exit Devices; ANSI/BHMA A 156.4 - 2008 for Door Controls – Closers; and ANSI/BHMA A156.16 - 2008 for Auxiliary Hardware.

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ANSI Approved as Accreditation Body for EPA WaterSense Program

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:21:37 +0000

ANSI and the EPA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mark ANSI's acceptance as an Accreditation Body to participate in the EPA WaterSense Program.

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New Standard Published For K-12 Information Systems

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:39:22 +0000

BICSI has announced the approval and publication of its ANSI/BICSI-001-2009, Information Transport Systems Design Standard for K-12 Educational Institutions.

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Energy Standard Open For Public Comment

Anne Vazquez — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:40:12 +0000

Changes to the purpose and scope of ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 as well as new lighting requirements are being proposed through public review.

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NSF Accredited As Greenhouse Gas Verifier

Anne Vazquez — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:23:22 +0000

The group's Strategic Registrations arm has obtained Greenhouse Gas accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Breaking The “Sound Barrier” For Enhanced Classroom Learning

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:42:28 +0000

In this Web Exclusive, Christopher Lawton explains how one HVAC product is helping children in today’s classrooms improve their understanding by overcoming excessive ambient background noise.

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Again, ANSI Thwarts Efforts to Block Safety Standard for Construction Industry

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Last week (7/17/08), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Appeals Board Panel dismissed the latest appeal brought by the Construction Industry Employer Coalition, a coalition of five trade associations of U.S. construction interests, to withdraw the adoption of the approved voluntary consensus standard “reduction of Musculoskeletal Problems in Construction” (ANSI/ASSE A10.40-2007), which aims to reduce musculoskeletal problems/disorders (MSDs) in the construction industry. This was the last appeal allowable under the ANSI appeals process.

In late 2006, the ANSI/ASSE A10 Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) on Construction and Demolition Operations approved the standard. Following the approval of the standard by the

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AHRI Awarded Prestigious ANSI Accreditation

Heidi Schwartz — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:51:00 +0000

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced it has been awarded accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developing organization.

“ANSI accreditation adds value to our standards development process by confirming that our procedures meet ANSI’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus, and due process,” said AHRI President Stephen Yurek. “In order to maintain accreditation, AHRI is required to consistently adhere to a rigorous set of requirements and procedures.”

Many of AHRI’s standards outline technical procedures for uniformly measuring the performance of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and commercial refrigeration (HVACR) equipment. Through the use

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