BSRIA has a long history of over 60 years testing building services equipment and developing industry standards. The document discusses several new testing standards and guidelines that BSRIA is involved in developing for weather louvres, pressure independent control valves, and heat interface units. These standards aim to address issues identified with products, provide consistent testing methods, and give confidence in product performance. BSRIA's technical expertise and involvement across the industry positions them well to lead development of these new standards.

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New Standards
Mark Roper
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60 Years of BSRIA
 Founded 1955
 Test Section started in 1967
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Common Standards
Standards have always been important to our work:
 EN 442
 BS 848
 EN 13030
 EN 12101-3
 EN 14511
 EN 12043
 EN 13420
 ISO 5801
 ISO17025
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Standards Bodies
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Weather Louvre Testing
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Weather Louvre Testing
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Louvre Standard Development
 Previously, manufacturer specific test methods
 Drafted by BSRIA with industry input
 Adopted by the HEVAC Association
 Developed through 5 Editions
 Test Method forms part of AMCA 500-L
 Adopted as the basis for an EN Standard
 EN 13030:2001
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Pressure Independent Control Valves
 Growing popularity
 However, BSRIA heard reports of problems on many
sites
 Possible causes:
– Faulty product?
– Incorrect installation?
– Commissioning issues?
– Lack of familiarity with requirements of new product?
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Why a new PICV standard?
 Many existing valve standards, but not one specific to
the characteristics of a PICV
 Advantages of an independent standard:
– Tested product gives confidence in manufacturers
product
– Clients can specify testing to gain reassurance of
performance
– Consistent test method gives comparable results
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Why BSRIA?
 Links with all participants
– Manufacturers
– Contractors
– Commissioning specialists
– Clients
 In house technical expertise
 Relatively quick response
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Freely Available!
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Heat Interface Units
 Growing adoption within the UK
 Increasing demand for testing for a
range of projects
 Some existing standards but:
– May be aimed at components, not
the whole assembly e.g BS EN
1148:1998 - Heat exchangers
– Not representative of requirements
for typical UK usage
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Publishing soon….
 Several steering group
meetings already held
 Awaiting comments before
proceeding with production
 Intention is publication by June
2015
 Expected to be again be freely
available from the BSRIA
website
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The next big thing?
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