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 (37)

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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 17660-2:2024	Air quality - Performance evaluation of air quality sensor systems. - Part 2: Particulate matter in ambient air 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

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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 17660-1:2021	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
PD CEN/TS 16115-2:2016	Ambient air. Measurement of bioaerosols. Planning and evaluation of plant-related plume measurements Categories: Ambient atmospheres Published standard begins : 2016-12-14	Published standard

Withdrawn (24)

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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 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
BS ISO 16000-19:2012	Indoor air. Sampling strategy for moulds Categories: Ambient atmospheres Withdrawn begins : 2014-10-15	Withdrawn

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Nominating organizations

A B C B and B M T A
B C F - British Coatings Federation Ltd
Bureau Veritas
Cambridge University
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
HORIBA MIRA Limited
Imperial College London
Institute of Measurement and Control
Met Office
National Physical Laboratory
NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Ricardo-AEA
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
Individual Capacity - Doppler Lidar
Individual Capacity - FAIRMODE Issues 43 & 44
Liaison - EXL/31/1
UK Expert - CEN/TC 264/WG 42
UK Expert – Lidar

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Committee Chair

Standards Development

EH/2/3 - Ambient atmospheres

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