Standards for building materials ensure quality, safety, and reliability in construction projects worldwide. They help professionals meet design specifications and ensure sustainable, high-performing buildings.

Perspectivas

Adoptar el cero neto: un paso crucial hacia un futuro sostenible
Alcanzar el cero neto en las emisiones de carbono no es solo una urgencia ambiental; también presenta oportunidades significativas para organizaciones de todos los tamaños.
“Worm’s eye view of a bamboo forest clearly showing off the plants’ jointed stems.

Por Clare Naden el

Counting the ways with bamboo

With more than ten thousand different uses, bamboo is versatile, renewable, clean, green and abundant. What’s more, it holds the key to many climate change and sustainable development solutions. What’s not to love? ISO’s expert committee for bamboo has just published its first International Standard to support the industry’s growth, contributing to a better world for all.

View of city square in Shanghai, China.

Por Elizabeth Gasiorowski-Denis el

Building a sustainable future with ISO 21930

With urban populations worldwide swelling, there’s an urgent need to calculate the sustainable performance of the buildings that we live and work in. But the variety and complexity of methods available can seem overwhelming. This is where ISO 21930:2017 comes into play. 

Top standards

Norma
ISO 17607-2:2023
Steel structures
Execution of structural steelwork

Part 2: Steels

Norma
ISO 10456:2007
Building materials and products
Hygrothermal properties

Tabulated design values and procedures for determining declared and design thermal values

Norma
Test methods

Determination of setting time and soundness

Norma
Test methods

Part 1: Analysis by wet chemistry

Norma
ISO 1920-12:2015
Testing of concrete
Part 12: Determination of the carbonation resistance of concrete

Accelerated carbonation method

Norma
Test methods

Determination of strength