What's New > ESTA Standards Watch - August 23, 2021
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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.
News items in this issue include:
- Four ESTA standards in public review.
- Autumn Schedule for Mental Health First Aid Training posted.
- COVID Compliance Officer training for late August & September.
- The Purple Guide now has a chapter on pandemics.
- 2021 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are on sale.
- WTO Technical Barrier to Trade notifications: greenhouse gas emissions standards in the USA; Chinese electric bike battery chargers; restrictions on hazardous substances in musical instruments in China; and the Chinese Coded Character Set in hexadecimal.
- ANSI public reviews: unit ventilators; heat and human occupancy; elevator/escalator safety code; entering confined spaces; software development and cybersecurity; prefabricated electrical installations; low-voltage switchgear safety; and passport durability.
- DIN public review of a portable platform standard.
- New ANS projects: sexual assault investigation; facial recognition; human systems integration on ships; clandestine drug labs; crime scene photography; private security management; computational weld mechanics; and RV generator safety.
- Final actions on ANSs: three ASHRAE 90.1 addenda; designing away occupational hazards; managing psychosocial risks; image contrast ratios; seats for big people; two IES LED standards; mobile elevating work platforms; building material fire tests; power cord safety; and UL standard for professional AV equipment.
- Draft IEC & ISO docs: IoT; intelligence management; electric vehicles; civil engineering sustainability vocabulary; data quality; cloud data management; recommendations for visits to natural, cultural, and historical sites; more IoT; walk-through pandemic screening, engine ignition system vocabulary; data quality; and engine exhaust system vocabulary.
- Recently published IEC & ISO docs: linear tape file system formats and service robots.
- TSP meeting schedule for next month.
- TSP donors who have made long-term, multi-year pledges.
- Investors in Innovation, supporters of ESTA's Technical Standards Program.
The archive of all the Standards News and Standards Watch issues back to the beginning of 2011 is available here.
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