ISO 14001 – Life Cycle Assessment
As of September 14, 2014, following the summer-long voting period for the update of the 2004 edition of the standard, the FDIS stage of ISO […]
Environmental Management
Tidal Power
Most forms of renewable energy are far more connected to each other than they seem. The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy can […]
ISO 14000 Collection 2: Comprehensive Environmental Management Systems Collection
In a recent post, we discussed ISO GUIDE 64:2008, a guide for addressing environmental issues while drafting product standards. Standardization can help to increase efficiency […]
Recommended Practice for Measuring Emissions and Fuel Economy of Hybrid Vehicles
The automobile has a rich history shaping how it is constructed and used today. Around the year 1900, cars could be powered by steam, gasoline, […]
Guide for Addressing Environmental Issues in Product Standards (ISO GUIDE 64:2008)
Natural climatic shift has driven the Earth through many geological epochs. It has often been accepted that we are in the Holocene (meaning “entirely recent”), […]
AIAA S-111A-2014: Space Solar Cell Testing
A past post focused on AIAA S-117-2010, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) standard that recommends a specific verification program for any space […]
ANSI GELPP 001-2002: Livestock Operations Conditions
In the middle of the 20th Century, there was a “Green Revolution”. During this time, due to scientific accomplishments, the overall crop yield increased greatly, […]
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 FDIS released
Update: The final version of ISO 9001:2015 has been released, as has the final version of ISO 14001:2015 ISO/FDIS 9001:2015 has just been released, taking […]
ISO 14001 Draft International Standard out!
Update: ISO 14001:2015 is out ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems, is being revised in accordance to the 5 year review cycle of its publisher, the […]
ISO/IEC 18025:2014 Environmental Data Coding Specifications (EDCS)
ISO/IEC 18025:2014 provides a collection of nine Environmental Data Coding Specifications (EDCS) dictionaries used to model environmental concepts. Together, environmental data can be encoded unambiguously […]