ASTM E3224-19: Building Energy Performance
The buildings sector includes energy used for constructing, heating, cooling, and lighting homes and businesses as well as the appliances and equipment installed in them—all…
ANS/ASME RA-S-1.1-2022: Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) originated in the aerospace industry during and before the Apollo space program: the U.S. space project of the 1960s and 70s…
ASME NQA-1-2024: Nuclear Facility Applications
The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear energy, accounting for about 30% of the worldwide nuclear power generation. As such, the nuclear…
ANSI/ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201-2016(R2020): Facility Smart Grid Model
Nearly all electricity is consumed in a building of some kind: homes, retail establishments, offices, schools, factories, hospitals—the list goes on. ANSI/ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201-2016(R2020): Facility…
ISO 8217:2024—Marine Fuels
Cargo ships carry over 90% of global goods. They are typically are powered by heavy fuel oil (HFO)—a residual fuel produced from petroleum refining that…
IEC 61400-1 Ed. 4.0 b:2019: Wind Turbines Design
Wind energy in the United States helps avoid 336 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually—equivalent to the emissions from 73 million cars. Further, wind…
ANSI/ANS-20.2-2023: Nuclear Safety Design
The fundamental objectives of nuclear safety are the achievement of proper operating conditions and the prevention or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in the protection…
ANSI/ANS-16.1-2019 (R2024): Measuring Radioactive Wastes
Approximately 2.32 million cubic feet and 154 thousand curies of low-level radioactive waste were disposed of in 2022. When storing low-level radioactive waste long-term, the…
ANSI N14.1-2023: Uranium Hexafluoride Packagings Transport
~440 nuclear power reactors operate across the globe. 96 are in the United States, where they produce nearly 20% of the electricity generated throughout the…