标准2025今日，AS 5203：2016，可开窗户/防坠落——测试序列和柔度法新标准正式发布。该标准旨在提供合理的测试方法，以降低意外坠窗事故造成的伤害和死亡风险，尤其针对五岁及以下儿童。
2013年5月1日，国家建筑规范强制要求地板距离窗户下方超过2米的新建儿童中心和住宅卧室必须采取防坠落措施。调查显示，由于经常缺乏看管，幼儿是坠窗事故高危人群。
虽然国家建筑规范（NCC）规定了可开启窗户的尺寸和载荷要求以防坠落，但有关这一要求的测试标准尚未明确; 而澳大利亚新标准明确提出了相关的测试方法。
澳大利亚窗协会（Australian Window Association）首席执行官兼执行董事Tracey Gramlick介绍了新标准的潜在影响。
“该项标准确保流入市场的产品已经通过认证方法测试并达到预期效果，从而预防坠窗事故的频发。Gramlick 说道：“气候温暖的月份是坠窗事故的频发季，大多数家庭通常会一整天开着阳台门窗。1岁至5岁的儿童天生好奇心强，同时又缺乏危险识别能力，是坠窗事故的高危人群。”
New Standard for Fall Prevention from Openable Windows
A new standard was published today: AS 5203:2016, Protection of openable windows/fall prevention—Test sequence and compliance method. The standard aims to provide the test method to help reduce the risk of injury and death associated with accidental falls through open windows, specifically for children five years old and younger.
In 1 May 2013, the National Construction Code requirements changed to mandate fall prevention measures in new early childhood centres and in bedrooms of new residential buildings where the floor below the window is more than 2 metres above the surface beneath. This followed research which showed that young children are most at risk from window falls in these buildings because they often play unsupervised.
While the National Construction Code (NCC) sets out the dimensional and load requirements for fall prevention through openable windows, there was no test standard available to which the requirement could be tested to; this new Australian Standard provides the test methods to satisfy this requirement.
Tracey Gramlick, CEO and Executive Director of the Australian Window Association, described the potential impact of this publication.
“The standard will provide assurance to the marketplace that these products have been
tested to a recognised methodology and will be fit for their intended purpose: assisting in the prevention of falls.”
“These falls often occur over the warmer months when families leave windows and doors to balconies, open both during the day and at night. Children aged from one to five years are most at risk as they are naturally curious, but lack the ability to recognise danger,” said Ms Gramlick.