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, […]
Environmental Management
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 […]
Overview of Energy Production & Consumption Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration Website
The US Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration has extensive primary data for energy production. It’s website provides free access to weekly energy reports on […]
Greenhouse Gas Standards
Greenhouse gases (GHG) are a group of gases that, when in the atmosphere, reflect sunlight back towards the planet, heating it up as a result. […]
ISO 50001 Energy Management
ISO 50001 provides organizations with a recognized framework for integrating energy performance into their management practices. It gives multinational organizations a single, harmonized standard for […]