British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

Overview: Under the direction of the EH/2, is responsible for UK input into ISO/TC 146/SC 3, ISO/TC 146/SC 5 and CEN/TC 264

Committee standards activity

In Progress (32)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS WI 00264248	Ambient air - Definition and use of modelling quality objectives for air quality assessment Categories: Ambient atmospheres Approval begins :	Approval
NWI TS "Pollen sampling"	Ambient air - Automatic real time volumetric methods for sampling and analysis of airborne pollen grains and fungal spores Categories: Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Environmental protection \| Air quality \| Air quality. General Proposal begins : 2023-11-10	Proposal
ISO/NP 28902-4 -	Air quality — Environmental meteorology — Part 4: Ground-based remote sensing of meteorological Parameters — Particle backscatter lidar Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Air quality \| Air quality. General \| Air quality. Other Proposal begins : 2022-09-01	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3138	Ambient Air — Biomonitoring with Higher Plants — Method of the Standardised Grass Exposure Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Air quality \| Ambient atmospheres Proposal begins : 2022-05-06	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3129	Ambient air – Determination of the particle surface area concentration of atmospheric aerosol using electrical aerosol monitors based on diffusion charging Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Measurement and Science \| Environment \| Air quality \| Ambient atmospheres Proposal begins : 2022-04-13	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3114,	Air quality - Performance evaluation of air quality sensor systems - Part 2; Particulate matter in ambient air Categories: Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Air quality \| Air quality. General \| Ambient atmospheres \| Air quality. Other Proposal begins : 2022-03-08	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3059, Revision of EN 14626 2012	English title: Ambient air - Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of carbon monoxide by nondispersive infrared spectroscopy Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Measurement and Science \| Environment \| Air quality \| Ambient atmospheres Proposal begins : 2021-06-30	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3058, Revision of EN 14625 2012	English title: Ambient air - Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of ozone by ultraviolet photometry Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Measurement and Science \| Environment \| Air quality \| Ambient atmospheres Proposal begins : 2021-06-30	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3057, Revision of EN 14212 2012	English title: Ambient air - Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of sulphur dioxide by ultraviolet fluorescence Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Measurement and Science \| Environment \| Air quality \| Ambient atmospheres Proposal begins : 2021-06-30	Proposal
CEN/TC 264 N 3056, Revision of EN 14211 2012	Ambient air - Standard method for the measurement of the concentration of nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide by chemiluminescence Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Measurement and Science \| Environment \| Air quality \| Ambient atmospheres Proposal begins : 2021-06-30	Proposal

Published (84)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 20593:2017	Ambient air. Determination of the mass concentration of tire and road wear particles (TRWP). Pyrolysis-GC-MS method Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2017-07-18	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 18073:2024	Ambient air. Determination of lung deposited surface area (LDSA) concentration using aerosol monitors based on diffusion charging Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2024-09-27	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 18044:2024	Ambient air. Determination of the concentration of levoglucosan. Chromatographic method Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2024-07-04	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17660-2:2024	Air quality. Performance evaluation of air quality sensor systems. Particulate matter in ambient air Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2024-12-06	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17660-1:2021	Air quality. Performance evaluation of air quality sensor systems. Gaseous pollutants in ambient air Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2022-01-31	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17458:2020	Ambient air. Methodology to assess the performance of receptor oriented source apportionment modelling applications for particulate matter Categories: Air quality. General Published standard begins : 2021-01-11	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 17434:2020	Ambient air. Determination of the particle number size distribution of atmospheric aerosol using a Mobility Particle Size Spectrometer (MPSS) Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2020-04-14	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16817-2:2015	Ambient air. Monitoring the effects of genetically modified organisms (GMO). Pollen monitoring. Biological pollen sampling using bee colonies Categories: Environmental protection. Other \| Biology. Botany. Zoology Published standard begins : 2015-10-30	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16817-1:2015	Ambient air. Monitoring the effects of genetically modified organisms (GMO). Pollen monitoring. Technical pollen sampling using pollen mass filter (PMF) and Sigma-2-sampler Categories: Biology. Botany. Zoology \| Environmental protection. Other Published standard begins : 2015-10-30	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16645:2014	Ambient air. Method for the measurement of benz[a]anthracene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[j]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2014-04-25	Published standard

Withdrawn (30)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 16976:2016	Ambient air. Determination of the particle number concentration of atmospheric aerosol Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2024-06-28	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16868:2015	Ambient air. Sampling and analysis of airborne pollen grains and fungal spores for allergy networks. Volumetric Hirst method Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2019-05-15	Withdrawn
PD CEN/TS 16450:2013	Ambient air. Automated measuring systems for the measurement of the concentration of particulate matter (PM10; PM2,5) Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2013-11-13	Withdrawn
DD ENV 13419-1:1999	Building products. Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds. Emission test chamber method Categories: Air quality. Other Withdrawn begins : 2006-04-10	Withdrawn
BS ISO 22262-2:2014	Air quality. Bulk materials. Quantitative determination of asbestos by gravimetric and microscopical methods Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2026-01-21	Withdrawn
BS ISO 16000-6:2011	Indoor air. Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS or MS-FID Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2021-08-25	Withdrawn
BS ISO 16000-4:2004	Indoor air. Determination of formaldehyde. Diffusive sampling method Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2011-12-19	Withdrawn
BS ISO 16000-3:2011	Indoor air. Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds in indoor air and test chamber air. Active sampling method Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2022-10-28	Withdrawn
BS ISO 16000-3:2001	Indoor air. Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds. Active sampling method Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2011-11-10	Withdrawn
BS ISO 16000-28:2012	Indoor air. Determination of odour emissions from building products using test chambers Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2020-11-19	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

A B C B and B M T A
AQ Mesh Environmental Instruments Ltd
B C F - British Coatings Federation Ltd
Bureau Veritas
Committee Manager
Consumer and Public Interest Network
Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring
Cranfield University
DEFRA - Fera (Food and Environment Research Agency)
Environment Agency
G A M B I C A Association Limited
H S E - Health and Safety Executive
Institute of Measurement and Control
Met Office
National Physical Laboratory
NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Ricardo
Royal Society of Chemistry
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
University of York
Warwickshire Colleges Group (WCG)

Liaisons with other committees

Co Opted
Co Opted - Electronic Sensors for Odorant Monitoring
Co Opted - ISO/TC 146/SC 5/WG 6
Liaison - EXL/31/1
UK Expert - ISO/TC 146/SC 3/WG 22
UK Expert – Lidar

BSI roles

Committee Chair
Committee Chair - EH/2/5

Standards Development

EH/2/3 - Ambient atmospheres

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