BSI对商业建筑消防安全标准进行修订

2017-03-07

英国标准协会（BSI）已开始对BS 9999：2017建筑物设计、管理和使用中的消防安全——操作规范进行修订。该项标准旨在提供最佳实践以保护建筑物居民和消防员的生命安全，BS 9999为控制或减轻火灾影响的相关措施提供了业务持续性和环境方面等的建议和指导。

该项标准旨在确保建筑物发生火灾时能够达到合理生命安全标准。经修订，该标准适用于新建筑的设计，以及现有建筑物的材料变更、扩建和改变用途。

BS 9999标准修订旨在与当前最佳实践、新技术以及其他火灾最近修订的安全标准，即BS 9990和BS 9991标准保持一致。BS 9999包含几个主要变更，使其脱颖而出：

– 标准包含一个流程图，展示设计过程的步骤顺序，帮助用户应用该标准
– 标准参考了PAS 7，修订了消防安全管理条款
– 标准包含高压细水雾灭火系统
– 标准扩充了语音报警指导
– 标准扩充了火灾增长率表，提供了更多信息

修订后的标准还更新了如下方面的建议：烟和热控制、防火幕隔离组件、机械通风和空调系统、购物中心和管道系统。

此项BSI标准的用户可能在由立法、工序，约束、项目和可交付物管理的特定建筑项目相关的设计环境中工作，而这些管理项目则根据场所类型、位置、客户和法规的要求不同而不断变化。

BS 9999适用于建筑师、建筑经理、消防安全工程师、火灾风险评估员、建筑控制人员、消防救援人员、火灾和烟雾警报器、洒水器和烟和热控制系统安装人员和认证和安装设计检查员。

BS 9999不适用于BS 9991中涵盖的以下类型的建筑：住宅（独户住宅、独立公寓或复式住宅）；和住宅住宿区（例如学生或医院工作人员宿舍），这类建筑通常有单独的卧室和建造在防火间里的厨房/卫生设施。

Standard for fire safety in commercial buildings revised

BSI, the business standards company, has revised BS 9999:2017 Fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings – Code of practice. The revised standard is intended to provide good practice to safeguard the lives of building occupants and fire-fighters. BS 9999 provides recommendations and guidance on the provision of measures to control or mitigate the effects of fire, including business continuity and the environment.

The primary objective of the standard is to ensure that a reasonable standard of life safety can be achieved in the event of fire in the building. The revised standard is applicable to the design of new buildings, and to material alterations, extensions and material change of use of an existing building.

BS 9999 has been revised to align the standard with current good practice, new technology, and consistency with other fire recently revised safety standards, namely BS 9990 and BS 9991. The main changes in BS 9999 over the standard it replaces are:

– An inclusion of a flowchart showing the sequential steps in the design process, to assist users in the application of the standard

– Revised clause on fire safety management with references to PAS 7

– Inclusion of watermist fire suppression systems

– Expansion of the guidance on voice alarms

– Expansion of fire growth rates table to provide more information

The revised standard also features updated recommendations for smoke and heat control; fire curtain barrier assemblies; mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning systems; shopping complexes; and ducting.

Users of this British Standard are likely to work within the design environment associated with a particular construction project governed by legislation, processes, constraints, programmes and deliverables that might vary dependent on premises type, location, client and regulatory requirements.

BS 9999 will be of use to architects; building managers; fire safety engineers; fire risk assessors; building control personnel; fire and rescue personnel; installers of fire and smoke alarms, sprinklers and smoke and heat control systems; and inspectorate for certification and installation schemes.

BS 9999 is not applicable to the following types of buildings, which are covered in BS 9991: dwellings (single-family dwelling houses, self-contained flats or maisonettes); and residential accommodation blocks (e.g. for students or hospital staff), with individual bedrooms and the provision of kitchen/sanitary facilities constructed within a fire compartment.

栏杆风筝标志计划首次启动，提高领先栏杆制造商和进口商安全标准

2017-03-07

栏杆的第一个风筝标志认证（Kitemark）计划有助于提高领先制造商和进口商的安全标准

2017年2月2日

英国标准协会（BSI）目前已推出关于栏杆的新风筝标志认证（Kitemark）。第一批取得关于应用防护屏障系统（栏杆）BSI Kitemark™的组织有三角洲栏杆（Delta Balustrades）、库克兄弟（Cooke Brothers）的子公司凤凰栏杆（Phoenix Balustrading）有限公司和Q-

Railing。该计划于2016年12月开始，为临时和永久栏杆的制造商和进口商开发，以证明他们的产品符合适用的英国，欧洲或国际质量，安全和性能标准，值得信任。这是英国第一个致力于确保栏杆制造达到最高标准的方案。

防护屏障系统泛称栏杆，如今越来越多地应用于现代建筑物当中。虽然它们外观看起来可靠，但任何新型栏杆系统必须经过严格设计，以确保其安全使用性能，并且实现潜在安装错误的最小化。不安全的栏杆系统不仅使企业损失惨重，还可能危及公众生命。

关于栏杆的BSI Kitemark为产品高标准制造提供了保证，同时还激励栏杆安装部门从Kitemark供应商处购买完整的栏杆系统，不要购买那些未经证明的“混合搭配”组件。

安迪.巴特菲尔德（Andy Butterfield）是BSI建筑环境的产品认证总监，他说：“随着市场上越来越多地使用栏杆，这些栏杆产品的测试至关重要，因为要确保其符合规格，并为制造商、建筑师以及新建筑及翻新工程的说明符提供保证，测试通过的产品严格依照高标准制造。”

“我们非常高兴能够在三角洲栏杆、凤凰栏杆和Q-Railing公司应用首批Kitemarks，这将有助于他们将自己与其他生产不放心产品的组织区分开。BSI Kitemarks被公认为是信誉的象征，我们在促进产品的安全和性能方面有卓越的表现。”

为实现产品认证，组织需要进行独立评估，证明他们遵守标准BS 6180：2011“建筑物操作规范中的障碍”的要求；同时，其产品还必须在ISO 9001：2015质量管理体系控制的工厂环境中制造。

BSI参与了Lucideon的服务项目，Lucideon是一家为建筑行业提供测试完成部分国际产品评估的国际供应商。此次合作将使双方分别在认证和测试方面分享其广泛的专业知识，也是更广泛合作伙伴关系的一部分，双方将

Lucideon的产品经理史蒂夫.纽曼（Steve Newman）说：“我们非常高兴看到与Lucideon合作测试要求的制造商将获得第一个认证。三角洲栏杆（Delta Balustrades），凤凰栏杆（Phoenix Balustrading）和Q-Railing公司现在可以证明他们已经开发了市场领先的产品，十分重

视自身的产品认证，这无疑将帮助他们脱颖而出，成为具有高质量和高安全水平的栏杆制造商。我们与BSI的合作意味着双方可以提供最有效的认证途径。”

三角洲栏杆创始人史蒂芬.博伊德（Stephen Boyt）说：“我们的公司致力于确保客户的栏杆安全性能，完全符合标准规定。通过BSI Kitemark，我们能够向客户提供产品在设计、制造和安装过程中满足最高安全和质量标准的保证。”

Q-Railing总经理布鲁斯.布拉德肖（Bruce Bradshaw）说：“栏杆需要的不仅仅是外观好看，还需要提供最大的安全性。我们很自豪，我们的产品和服务拥有高质量和安全性，通过BSI Kitemark认证也表明了我们对此的承诺。”

凤凰栏杆（Phoenix Balustrading）的质量保证经理克里斯.波泰（Chris Pote）说：“公司致力于为客户提供质量保证，通过Kitemark认证是我们持续不断地为客户提供满足他们所有要求的产品的动力。”

First Kitemark scheme for Balustrades helps to raise the safety standard for leading manufacturers and importers

BSI, the business standards company has launched a new Kitemark for Balustrades. The first organizations to achieve the BSI Kitemark™ for Protective Barrier Systems (Balustrades) are Delta Balustrades, Phoenix Balustrading Ltd part of Cooke Brothers and Q-Railing. Launched in December 2016, the scheme has been developed for manufacturers and importers of temporary and permanent balustrades to demonstrate that their products meet the appropriate British, European or international standard for quality, safety, performance and trust. This is the first scheme in the UK dedicated to ensuring balustrades are manufactured to the highest possible standard.

Protective barrier systems, widely referred to as balustrades, are increasingly being used in and around modern buildings. Whilst they can have a huge visual impact, any new balustrade system must be designed to ensure that it is safe for use and that any potential installation errors are minimised. An unsafe balustrade system can be costly to organizations and potentially life threatening to the public.

The BSI Kitemark for Balustrades provides reassurance that products have been manufactured to a consistently high standard. It also provides an incentive for installers of barriers to purchase complete systems from Kitemark suppliers, rather than a ‘mix and match’ assembly of unproven components.

Andy Butterfield, Product Certification Director of Built Environment at BSI said: “With the increasing use of balustrades in the market place, it’s vital that these products are tested to ensure compliance and provide assurance to manufacturers, architects, and specifiers of new builds and refurbishments that products are manufactured to a high standard.

“We’re really delighted to have been able to present Delta Balustrades, Phoenix Balustrading and Q-Railing with the first Kitemarks. This will help them to differentiate themselves from other organizations with non-assured products. The BSI Kitemark is recognised as a symbol of trust and we have a strong track record in promoting excellence when it comes to the safety and performance of products.”

In order to achieve certification, organizations are required to be independently assessed whereby they will have to demonstrate that they adhere to the requirements of BS 6180:2011 Barriers in and about buildings Code of practice. Products also have to be manufactured within a ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management Systems controlled factory environment.

BSI has engaged the services of Lucideon, an international provider of testing to the construction industry to complete part of the international product assessment. The collaboration will enable both parties to share their extensive expertise in assurance and testing respectively and is part of a broader partnership which will see both parties develop Product Testing and Certification solutions for the construction industry.

Steve Newman, Product Manager, Lucideon, said: “We are very pleased to see the first certifications being awarded to manufacturers who have worked with Lucideon for their testing requirements. Delta Balustrades, Phoenix Balustrading and Q-Railing can now prove that they have developed market leading products, and taken the time and care to have them certified. This will no doubt help them stand out as manufacturers of balustrades with real quality and high levels of safety. Our collaboration with BSI means that between us, we can offer the most efficient route to certification.”

Stephen Boyt, Founder of Delta Balustrades said, “We’re committed to ensuring that our customer’s balustrades are safe and fully compliant with regulations. By achieving the BSI Kitemark for Balustrades, we’re able to give our customers the assurance that our products meet the highest safety and quality standards during the design, manufacture and installation.”

Bruce Bradshaw, General Manager at Q-Railing said, “A balustrade needs to do much more than look good – it also needs to provide the utmost safety. We pride ourselves on the quality and safety of our products and services and achieving the BSI Kitemark demonstrates our commitment to this.”

Chris Pote, Quality Assurance Manager at Phoenix Balustrading said, “Phoenix Balustrading is committed to quality assurance for our customers. Gaining the BSI Kitemark is part of our ongoing and continual commitment to providing our customers with products that satisfy all their requirements.”

欧洲推动ICT技术标准化

2017-03-07

标准是推动市场准入，打开欧盟增长和提高就业的有力工具。尤其是信息通信技术（ICT）行业尤其如此，因为新业务，应用和产品的不断出现促使系统之间更多的互操作性。。因此，欧盟促进ICT标准化，从而确保ICT市场保持开放，消费者拥有选择权。

ICT标准化是一种通过自愿合作共同制定技术规范的活动，它概述了特定产品，服务或程序的商定属性

ICT规范主要用于最大限度地提高系统合作能力。在现代ICT中，设备的价值体现在它与其他设备通信的能力。这就是所谓的“网络效应”，几乎在所有的ICT领域都至关重要。统一规格确保了由不同制造商生产的产品是可互操作的，用户能够挑选或搭配不同的供应商、产品或服务。要确保市场保持开放，消费者有尽可能多的产品选择，制造商获得规模经济效益，这是必不可少的措施。

一、欧盟在ICT标准化中的作用

欧盟支持高效一致的标准化结构，从而确保提出的该标准符合欧盟政策，在全球市场具有竞争力。

欧洲标准化Regulation 1025/2012设定了法律框架，明确不同活动方在标准化系统中的调节作用。这些活动方包括欧盟委员会（European Commission）、欧洲标准化组织、产业、中小企业以及社会利益相关者。

Regulation 1025/2012第13条要求委员会确立ICT技术规范符合公共采购的要求。公共部门在购买信息技术硬件、软件和服务时，能够充分利用各种规格，衡量该领域的其他竞争者，降低锁定专有系统的风险。

l 欧盟委员会对-欧洲电信标准协会（ETSI）、欧洲标准化委员会（CEN-）和欧洲电工标准化委员会（CENELEC）三个欧洲标准化组织给予财政支持。欧盟资助的研究和创新项目，也对其他标准制定机构的标准化工作提供研究结果。

二、ICT标准化中的多利益相关方平台

已建立欧洲ICT标准化多利益相关方平台（European Multi Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation），其向欧盟委员会提供有关ICT标准化政策实施事宜的相关建议，包括设立法律和政策的优先次序，并确定全球ICT标准制定组织制定的规范。

该平台还对ICT标准化滚动计划（Rolling Plan on ICT standardisation）的制定和实施提供建议。

该平台的成员包括欧盟和欧洲国家的代表，欧洲和国际标准制定组织的代表，在欧洲ICT标准化领域活跃的组织，以及代表产业、中小企业、消费者和社会利益相关者的组织。

三、信息通信技术（ICT）标准化滚动计划

2016年ICT标准化滚动计划（3MB）/附录（67 KB）是通过ICT标准化多利益相关方平台与主要利益相关方合作的成果。其涵盖了所有可以支持标准化的活动。优先行动的目的是确保可互操作性，促进ICT在关键领域的应用。

该计划提供了国际背景下各种策略的详细内容：

l 社会的挑战：电子健康，ICT产品与服务的可接触性，网络可访问性，电子技能与电子学习，急救通讯和紧急呼叫。

l 数字单一市场的创新：电子采购、电子发票、卡/互联网与移动支付、可扩展商业报告语言（XBRL）和在线纠纷解决（ODR）。

l 可持续增长：智能电网和智能电表、智能城市、信息通信技术对环境的影响、欧洲电子长途通信业务（EETs）以及智能交通系统（ITS）。

l 重要因素与安全保证：云计算、（开放）数据、电子政务、电子认证和信托业务，包括电子标签、无线射频识别（RFID）、物联网（IoT）、网络与信息安全（网络安全）以及电子隐私。

与之前的方案相比，新的滚动计划详述了标准制定组织（SSOs）开展的所有标准化活动。该计划确保提升了欧盟标准化活动之间的一致性。

最终，该滚动计划是第一个欧洲标准化组织及其他利益相关方参与准备的标准化计划。改进过程确保了在信息通信技术领域，标准化活动与欧盟政策保持一致。

Standards are a powerful tool to facilitate access to markets and open the doors to growth and jobs in the EU. This is especially true in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector where the continuous emergence of new services, applications and products fuels the need for more interoperability between systems. The EU promotes ICT standardisation to make sure ICT markets remain open and consumers have choice.

ICT standardisation is the voluntary cooperation for the development of technical specifications that outlines the agreed properties for a particular product, service, or procedure.

ICT specifications are primarily used to maximise the ability for systems to work together. In modern ICT the value of a device relies on its ability to communicate with other devices. This is known as the ‘network effect’ and is important in almost all areas of ICT. Specifications ensure that products made by different manufacturers are interoperable, and that users have the chance to pick and mix between different suppliers, products or services. This is essential to ensure that markets remain open, allowing consumers to have the widest choice of products possible and giving manufacturers the benefit of economies of scale.

What is the EU's role in ICT standardisation?

The EU supports an effective and coherent standardisation framework, which ensures that standards are developed in a way that supports EU policies and competitiveness in the global market.

Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation sets the legal framework in which the different actors in the standardisation system can operate. These actors are the European Commission, the European standardisationorganisations, industry, small and medium-sized industries (SMEs) and societal stakeholders.

Article 13 of Regulation 1025/2012 allows the Commission to identify ICT technical specifications to be eligible for referencing in public procurement. This allows public authorities to make use of the full range of specifications when buying IT hardware, software and services, allowing for more competition in the field and reducing the risk of lock-in to proprietary systems.

The Commission financially supports the work of the three European standardisationorganisations:

. ETSI – the European Telecommunications Standards Institute

. CEN – the European Committee for Standardization

. CENELEC – the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

EU-funded research and innovation projects also make their results available to the standardisation work of several standards-setting organisations.

The European Multi Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation

A European Multi Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation has been set up to advise the Commission on matters relating to the implementation of ICT standardisation policy, including priority-setting in support of legislation and policies, and the identification of specifications developed by global ICT standards development organisations.

The Platform also advises on the elaboration and implementation of the Rolling Plan on ICT standardisation.

Members of the platform include representatives of EU and EFTA countries, European and international standard developing bodies, organisations active in Europe in the field of ICT standardisation development, and organisations representing industry, SMEs, consumers and societal stakeholders.

Members of the Multi Stakeholders Platform on ICT Standardisation

The Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation

The 2016 Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation (3MB) / Addendum (67 KB) is the result of collaboration with major standardisation stakeholders through the Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation. It covers all activities that can support standardisation. Priority actions aim to ensure interoperability and facilitate ICT uptake in key areas.

The Plan offers details on the international contexts for each policy:

. Societal Challenges: eHealth, accessibility of ICT products and services, web accessibility, e-Skills and e-Learning, emergency communications and eCall.

. Innovation for the Digital Single Market: e-Procurement, e-Invoicing, card/internet and mobile payments, eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).

. Sustainable growth: Smart grids and smart metering, smart cities, ICT environmental impact, European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) and Intelligent Transport System (ITS).

. Key enablers and security: Cloud computing, (Open) Data, e-government, electronic identification and trust services including e-Signatures, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Internet of Things (IoT), network and information security (cyber-security) and ePrivacy.

By contrast with the previous work programmes, the new Rolling Plan describes all the standardisation activities undertaken by Standard Setting Organisations (SSOs). This ensures an improved coherence between standardisation activities in the EU.

Finally the Rolling Plan is the first prepared with the involvement of European StandardisationOrganisations and other stakeholders. This improved process is a stronger guarantee that activities of standardisation supporting EU policies in the ICT domain will be aligned.