New Year, new standards news. And one place to find it all.

Start the year with January’s Update Standards magazine and you’ll be right up-to-date with the standards that affect you and your business.

Every month, it’s packed with standards updates from every angle: new, revised, withdrawn, BS implementations of European standards, new standards started, and standards open to public comment, and lots more.

Nearly 90 pages of up-to-the-minute information, with an easy-to-use reference index to help locate your sector’s standards quickly.

The New Year highlights include:

Need help confirming that large steam sterilizers for hospitals and laboratories are safe?

Anyone responsible for the manufacture, installation, validation and, maintenance of large steam sterilizers should be aware of BS EN 285:2015+A1:2021 Sterilization– Steam sterilizers – Large sterilizers.
This standard specifies test procedures and acceptance criteria to confirm
whether sterilizers are safe and performing reliably.

Risk management professional?

We’ve just published an invaluable resource for risk professionals in the form of: BS 31100:2021 Risk management – Code of practice and guidance for the implementation of BS ISO 31000:2018. This standard gives recommendations for implementing the principles and guidelines in BS ISO 31000:2018.

Retrofitting non-domestic buildings for improved energy efficiency?

To meet our net zero greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2050, the UK urgently needs to improve the energy efficiency of its building stock.

To help you gain all those benefits and more, we’ve produced PAS 2038:2021 Retrofitting non-domestic buildings for improved energy efficiency – Specification. This covers non-domestic buildings, except private dwellings, and gives comprehensive requirements.

Need to tackle climate change with zero energy buildings?

The building sector contributes nearly 30% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, representing a significant challenge in the race against climate change.

PD ISO/TS 23764 Methodology for achieving non-residential zero-energy buildings (ZEBs) outlines a step-by-step approach that organizations can follow to reduce the energy consumption of buildings they occupy and counter it with renewable sources.

Do you maintain street, land and property records in local government?

Watch out for BS 7666-0:2021 Spatial datasets for geographical referencing. Specification - General model for gazetteers and spatial referencing.
We’ve changed the standard that defines gazetteer components. BS 7666-0:2021 is the latest version of the British Standard that defines the essential components of a gazetteer of geographic locations and provides a general model of spatial references based on named spatial units in the UK.

Finally, food for (sustainable) thought

The pandemic has changed the way we all think about food and, when it is over, we will have to consider how we address food systems in future to enhance nutrition, ensure sustainability and protect security of supply chains. Download this free BSI report on some important areas where changes could be made to improve the health of the nation and the planet.

BSI is reviewing its national standards this year and we’d like to hear your views

To find out what national standards are out for review in 2022, please download the list here.

If you have any views on any standards on the list, please email BSUKoperations.review@bsigroup.com by 31 March 2022 and we will pass them to the committee concerned for their consideration.

Here’s what the free monthly Update Standards magazine covers:

• New and revised British Standards (BS) that were made available last month.

• British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs).

• BS implementations of ISO or IEC standards.

• Published documents (PDs).

• Corrigenda to British Standards. (Alteration and/or addition to a standard that corrects one or more errors or ambiguities introduced in either drafting or production.)

• Updated British Standards

• British standards reviewed and confirmed

• British standards proposed for withdrawal

• British standards withdrawn

• New standards work started

• Draft British standards for public comment - national British standards

• Draft British standards for public comment – Adoptions

• Documents not issued as drafts for public comment

• CEN European standards, CEN reports

• Cenelec publications

• IEC publications

• ISO publications

Standards Update really is the go-to-place to keep pace with the ever-changing world of standards. And if you ever want to look back at previous editions, BSI Members can find the archive of previous Update Standards magazines here.

Whatever the year, Update Standards is your monthly go-to place for updates. Don’t miss it.