List of standards
1. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
www.epa.gov (Air Toxics Information (TO-1, TO-2, TO-17 etc.) is available at www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/airtox.html).
• TO-1: (superseded by TO-17) Method for the determination of volatile organic compounds in ambient air using Tenax adsorption and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
• TO-2: (superseded by TO-17) Method for the determination of volatile organic compounds in ambient air by carbon molecular sieve adsorption and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
• TO-14*: (superseded by TO-15) The determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air using SUMMA passivated canister sampling and gas chromatographic analysis.
• TO-15*: The determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air collected in SUMMA canisters and analysed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
• TO-17: Determination of volatile organic compounds in ambient air using active sampling onto sorbent tubes.
• Method 18: Measurement of gaseous organic compound emissions by gas chromatography.
• EPA/600-8-91/215: Technical assistance document for sampling and analysis of ozone precursors.
• Method 325A: Volatile organic compounds from fugitive and area sources: Sampler deployment and VOC sample collection.
• Method 325B: Volatile organic compounds from fugitive and area sources: Sampler preparation and analysis.
• TAD: Ozone precursor monitoring: US EPA technical assistance document for sampling and analysis of ozone precursors.
• VOST 5041a: Analysis for desorption of sorbent cartridges from volatile organic sampling train (VOST).
• Method 0031: Sampling method for volatile organic compounds (SMVOC).
N.B. US EPA methods for the analysis of VOCs in water and soil by purge-and-trap – e.g. Method 8260B and Methods 502.1, 602, 524 and 624 – all feature analysis by thermal desorption and gas chromatography.
* Canister standard.
2. European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
http://esearch.cen.eu/esearch/
Standard methods generated by CEN typically specify performance criteria against which the suitability of an analytical method can be assessed. CEN is associated with the International Standards Organisation (ISO), and copies of CEN standards may be obtained from National Standards Organisations worldwide.
Note that CEN and ISO standards may now each be re-issued as the other without extensive review, under the so-called ‘Vienna Agreement’.
• EN 71-11: Safety of toys – Part 11: Organic chemical compounds – Methods of analysis. See Annex A2 (thermal desorption–GC/MS method).
• EN 482: Workplace atmospheres – General requirements for the performance of procedures for the measurement of chemical agents.
• EN 689: Guidelines for the assessment of exposure by inhalation to chemical agents for comparison with limit values and measurement strategy.
• EN 838: Workplace atmospheres – Diffusive samplers for the determination of gases and vapours – Requirements and test methods.
• EN 1076: Workplace atmospheres – Requirements and test methods for pumped sorbent tubes for the determination of gases and vapours.
• EN 4618: Aerospace series – Aircraft internal air quality standards, criteria and determination methods.
• EN ISO 10580: Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings – Test method for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
• EN ISO 13137: Workplace atmospheres – Pumps for personal sampling of chemical and biological agents – Requirements and test methods.
• EN 13528: Ambient air quality – Diffusive samplers for the determination of concentrations of gases and vapours. Requirements and test methods.
Part 1: General requirements.
Part 2: Specific requirements and test methods.
Part 3: Guide to selection, use and maintenance.
• CEN/TS 13649: Stationary source emissions – Determination of the mass concentration of individual gaseous organic compounds – Sorptive sampling method followed by solvent extraction or thermal desorption.
• EN 14412: Indoor air quality – Diffusive samplers for the determination of concentrations of gases and vapours. Guide for selection, use and maintenance.
• EN ISO 16000: Indoor air.
Part 9: Emission test chamber.
Part 10: Emission test cell method.
Part 11: Procedure for sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens.
• EN 13999: Adhesives – Short term method for measuring the emission properties of low-solvent or solvent-free adhesives after application.
Part 1: General procedure.
Part 2: Determination of volatile organic compounds.
• EN 14041: Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings – Essential characteristics.
• EN 14662: Ambient air quality – Standard method for the measurement of benzene concentrations.
Part 1: Pumped sampling followed by thermal desorption and gas chromatography method.
Part 4: Diffusive sampling followed by thermal desorption and gas chromatography.
• EN ISO 16017: Air quality – Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds in ambient air, indoor air and workplace air by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/ capillary gas chromatography.
Part 1: Pumped sampling.
Part 2: Diffusive sampling.
• EN TR 16045: Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Content of regulated dangerous substances – Selection of analytical methods.
• EN TR 16098: Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Concept of horizontal testing procedures in support of requirements under the CPD.
• EN TR 16220: Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Complement to sampling.
• EN 16402: Paints and varnishes – Assessment of emissions of substances from coatings into indoor air – Sampling, conditioning and testing.
• EN TR 16496: Construction Products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Use of harmonised horizontal assessment methods.
• EN 16516: Construction products: Assessment of emissions of regulated dangerous substances from construction products – Determination of emissions into indoor air.
• EN 16738: Emission safety of combustible air fresheners – Test methods.
• EN 16739: Emission safety of combustible air fresheners – Methodology for the assessment of test results and application of recommended emission limits – Complementary element.
• EN 16797: Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Guidance on the statistical assessment of declared values.
Part 1: Principles and rules of application.
Part 2: Technical and statistical background.
3. International Standards Organization (ISO)
www.iso.org/iso/home/standards.htm
• ISO 12219: Interior air of road vehicles.
Part 1: Whole vehicle test chamber – Specification and method for the determination of volatile organic compounds in cabin interiors.
Part 2: Screening method for the determination of the emissions of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials – Bag method.
Part 3: Screening method for the determination of the emissions of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials – Micro-scale chamber method. Part 4: Method for the determination of the emissions of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials – Small chamber method.
Part 5: Screening method for the determination of the emissions of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials – Static chamber method.
Part 6: Method for the determination of the emissions of semi-volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials – Small chamber method.
Part 7: Odour determination in interior air of road vehicles and test chamber air of trim components by olfactory measurements.
Part 8: Handling and packaging of materials and components for emissions testing.
• (EN) ISO 13137: Workplace atmospheres – Pumps for personal sampling of chemical and biological agents – Requirements and test methods.
• ISO 15009: Soil quality. GC determination of the content of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and volatile halogenated hydrocarbons – Purge and trap method with thermal desorption.
• ISO 15303: Animal vegetables fats and oils – Detection and identification of a volatile organic contaminant by GC/ MS.
• ISO 16000: Indoor air.
Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy. Part 5: Sampling strategy for VOCs.
Part 6: Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS or MS-FID.
Part 9: Emission test chamber. Part 10: Emission test cell method.
Part 11: Procedure for sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens.
Part 24: Performance test for evaluating the reduction of volatile organic compounds and carbonyl compounds without formaldehyde concentrations by sorptive building materials.
Part 25: Determination of the emission of semi-volatile organic compounds by building products – Microchamber method.
Part 33: Determination of phthalates with GC/MS.
• (EN) ISO 16017: Air quality – Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds in ambient air, indoor air and workplace air by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/ capillary gas chromatography.
Part 1: Pumped sampling. Part 2: Diffusive sampling.
• ISO 16107: Workplace atmospheres – Protocol for evaluating the performance of diffusive samplers.
• ISO 18562: Biocompatibility evaluation of breathing gas pathways in healthcare applications.
Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process.
Part 3: Tests for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Part 4: Tests for leachables in condensate.
• ISO/IEC 28360: Information technology – Office equipment
– Determination of chemical emission rates from electronic equipment.
4. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
www.astm.org/Standard/index.shtml
• D4597: Standard practice for sampling workplace atmospheres to collect gases or vapors with solid sorbent diffusive samplers.
• D5116: Standard guide for small-scale environmental chamber determinations of organic emissions from indoor materials/products.
• D5466*: Standard test method for determination of volatile organic chemicals in atmospheres (canister sampling methodology).
• D6177: Standard practice for determining emission profiles of volatile organic chemicals emitted from bedding sets.
• D6196: Standard practice for selection of sorbents, sampling and thermal desorption analysis procedures for volatile organic compounds in air.
• D6246: Standard practice for evaluating the performance of diffusive samplers.
• D6330: Standard practice for the determination of volatile organic compound (excluding formaldehyde) emissions from wood-based panels using small environmental chambers under defined test conditions.
• D6345: Standard guide for selection of methods for active, integrative sampling of volatile organic compounds in air.
• D6399: Standard guide for selecting instruments and methods for measuring air quality in aircraft cabins.
• D6670: Standard practice for full-scale chamber determination of volatile organic emissions from indoor materials/products.
• D6803: Standard practice for testing and sampling of volatile organic compounds (including carbonyl compounds) emitted from paint using small environmental chambers.
• D7143: Emission cells for the determination of VOCs from indoor materials/products.
• D7339: Test method for determination of volatile organic compounds emitted from carpet using a specific sorbent tube and thermal desorption/gas chromatography.
• D7648: Standard practice for active soil gas sampling for direct push or manual-driven sampling equipment.
• D7663: Standard practice for active soil gas sampling in the vadose zone for vapor intrusion evaluations.
• D7706: Standard practice for rapid screening of VOC emissions from products using micro-scale chambers.
• D7758: Standard practice for passive soil gas sampling in the vadose zone for source identification, spatial variability assessment, monitoring, and vapor intrusion evaluations.
• D7823: Standard test method for determination of low level, regulated phthalates in poly (vinyl chloride) plastics by thermal desorption–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
• D7859: Standard practice for spraying, sampling, packaging, and test specimen preparation of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation samples for environmental chamber emissions testing.
• D7911: Standard guide for using reference material to characterize measurement bias associated with volatile organic compound emission chamber test.
• D8141: Standard guide for selecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) emission testing methods to determine emission parameters for modeling of indoor environments.
• D8142: Standard test method for determining chemical emissions from spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation using micro-scale environmental test chambers.
• WK21341: Standard practice for assessing the uncertainty of measurements to determine volatile organic compound emissions from indoor materials/products.
• WK24706: Standard guide for the selection of passive techniques for sampling groundwater monitoring wells.
• WK40037: New guide for determining concentration values from groundwater, air, and soil gas using adsorbent-based, passive samplers.
• WK40292: Standard test method for determination of vapor-phase organic compounds emitted from spray polyurethane foam (SPF) using sorbent tubes analyzed by thermal desorption gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
• WK56422: Standard test method for determination of volatile organic compounds in atmospheres (active absorbent, thermal desorption method).
• WK52095: Small-scale environmental chamber determinations of SVOC emissions from vinyl flooring and mattress coverings.
• WK58354: Measuring chemical emissions from spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation samples in a large-scale spray room.
• WK58715*: Cleaning and certification of specially prepared canisters.
* Canister standard.
5. Chinese National Standards
Developed by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (‘Chinese EPA’).
• QX/T 218-2013: 挥发性有机物观测技术方法-采样罐采样和气相色谱/质谱联用分析法 [Determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air collected in canisters and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/ MS)].
• HJ/T 400-2007: 车内挥发性有机物和醛酮类物质采样测定方法 [Determination of volatile organic compounds and carbonyl compounds in cabin of vehicles].
• HJ 583-2010: 环境空气 苯系物的测定固体吸附/热脱附-气相色谱法 [Ambient air – Determination of benzene and its analogues using sorbent adsorption thermal desorption and gas chromatography].
• HJ 644-2013: 环境空气 挥发性有机物的测定 吸附管采样-热脱附/气相色谱-质谱法 [Ambient air – Determination of volatile organic compounds – Sorbent adsorption and thermal desorption / gas chromatography mass spectrometry method].
• HJ 732-2014: 固定污染源废气挥发性有机物的采样气袋法[Emission from stationary sources – Sampling of volatile organic compounds – Bag method].
• HJ 734-2014: 固定污染源废气挥发性有机物的测定 固相吸附-热脱附／气相色谱-质谱法 [Stationary source emission – Determination of volatile organic compounds – Sorbent adsorption and thermal desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry method].
• DB31/933-2015: 大气污染物综合排放标准 [Integrated emission standards of air pollutants].
• Guidance: 城市大气挥发性有机化合物 (VOCs) 监测技术指南(试行) [Guidelines for urban ambient VOCs measurement methods (trial)].
6. UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
www.hsl.gov.uk/resources/publications/mdhs
The following methods have been validated by the UK Health & Safety Laboratory.
• MDHS 2*: Acrylonitrile in air. Laboratory method using porous polymer adsorption tubes and thermal desorption with gas chromatographic analysis (December 1985).
• MDHS 3: Generation of test atmospheres of organic vapors by the syringe injection technique. Portable apparatus for laboratory and field use (May 1990).
• MDHS 4: Generation of test atmospheres of organic vapors by the permeation tube method. Apparatus for laboratory use (May 1986).
• MDHS 22*: Benzene in air. Laboratory method using porous polymer adsorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (March 1990).
• MDHS 23*: Glycol ether and glycol acetate vapors in air. Laboratory method using Tenax sorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (revised March 1988).
• MDHS 27: Protocol for assessing the performance of a diffusive sampler (revised February 1994).
• MDHS 33/2: Sorbent tube standards. Preparation by the syringe injection technique (January 1997).
N.B. This procedure describes the preparation of sorbent tube standards to be used for calibration, determination of desorption efficiency and quality control in connection with sorbent tube/gas chromatographic methods for the determination of the time-weighted average concentrations of volatile organic compounds in workplace air. This method is suitable for a wide variety of volatile organic compounds.
• MDHS 40*: Toluene in air. Laboratory method using pumped porous polymer adsorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (May 1990).
• MDHS 43†: Styrene in air. Laboratory method using porous polymer diffusive samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (June 1990).
• MDHS 50†: Benzene in air. Laboratory method using porous polymer diffusion samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (October 1985).
• MDHS 53/2: 1,3-Butadiene in air. Laboratory method using pumped samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (August 2003).
• MDHS 54†: Protocol for assessing the performance of a pumped sampler for gases and vapors (August 1986).
• MDHS 55†: Acrylonitrile in air. Laboratory method using porous polymer diffusion samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (June 1986).
• MDHS 60*: Mixed hydrocarbons (C3 to C10) in air. Laboratory method using pumped porous polymer and carbon sorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (May 1992).
• MDHS 63/2: 1,3-Butadiene in air. Laboratory method using diffusive samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (February 2005).
• MDHS 66†: Mixed hydrocarbons (C5 to C10) in air. Laboratory method using porous polymer diffusion samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (September 1994).
• MDHS 70: General methods for sampling airborne gasses and vapors (October 1990).
N.B. This method deals with the collection and analysis of gases and vapours commonly found in the workplace environment. It is limited to descriptions of sampling methods for subsequent laboratory analysis. It does not, therefore, include any discussions of direct reading instruments, colorimetric indicators, tape samplers, and other ‘on the spot’ testing devices.
• MDHS 71: Analytical quality in workplace air monitoring (March 1991).
N.B. This MDHS is intended to provide guidance to laboratories on the practical application of internal QC procedures within the laboratory, although it also includes some information on external quality assessment. It is not intended to be exhaustive, nor does it set down detailed requirements for the operation of QC schemes in particular laboratories.
• MDHS 72: Volatile organic compounds in air. Laboratory method using pumped solid sorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (March 1993).
N.B. This method is suitable for the measurement of the airborne concentrations of individual compounds and of components of volatile organic mixtures. It recommends a number of different sorbents for use in the sample tube, which are appropriate for different ranges of volatile organic compounds. Breakthrough volumes and safe sampling volumes are given for a range of components and sorbents.
• MDHS 80: Volatile organic compounds in air. Laboratory method using diffusive solid sorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography (August 1995).
N.B. This method is suitable for the measurement of the airborne concentrations of individual compounds and of components of volatile organic mixtures. It recommends a number of different sorbents for use in the sample tube, which are appropriate for different ranges of volatile organic compounds. Uptake rates are given for a range of components and sorbents.
• MDHS 89: Dimethyl sulphate and diethyl sulphate in air. Laboratory method using thermal desorption, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (March 1998).
• Laboratory Notes: HSL produce a series of Laboratory Notes for monitoring the following VOCs in breath as an indication of occupational exposure: xylene; ethyl acetate; 4-methyl-2-pentanone; perchloroethylene; toluene; butanone; dichloromethane. These are available free of charge from Markes – please email enquiries@markes.com.
* Replaced by MDHS 72. † Replaced by MDHS 80.
7. US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs/default.html
• E. Kennedy et al., Protocol for the evaluation of passive monitors: Diffusive sampling: an alternative approach to workplace air monitoring, eds: Berlin et al., CEC Publication No. 10555EN, Brussels/Luxembourg (1987).
• Method 2549: Volatile organic compounds – (screening) using multibed sorbent tubes, thermal desorption, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
• DHHS (NIOSH) Publ. No. 95-117: Guidelines for air sampling and analytical method development and evaluation.
8. Japanese Standards Association (JSA)
https://webdesk.jsa.or.jp/books/W11M0070/index
The following list of methods relating to indoor air is reproduced with kind permission of Prof. Tanabe, Waseda University, Tokyo.
• JIS A 1901, 2003: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds and aldehydes for building products – Small chamber method (Ref: ISO 16000-9 and -11).
• JIS A 1902, 2006: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds and aldehydes for building products – Sampling, preparation of test specimens and testing conditions.
Part 1: Boards, wallpaper and floor materials. Part 2: Adhesives.
Part 3: Paints and coating materials. Part 4: Heat insulating material boards.
• JIS A 1903, 2008: Determination of the emissions of VOCs for building products – Passive method.
• JIS A 1904, 2008: Determination of the emissions of SVOC for building products – Micro-chamber method.
• JIS A 1906, 2008: Performance test of sorptive building materials of reducing indoor air pollution with small chamber – Measurement of adsorption flux with supplying constant concentration of contaminant air of VOC and aldehydes without formaldehyde.
• JIS A 1912, 2008: Determination of the emissions of VOCs and aldehydes (except formaldehyde) for building materials and related products – Large chamber method.
• JIS A 1960, 2005: Indoor air – General aspects of sampling strategy (Ref.: ISO 16000-1).
• JIS A 1964, 2005: Indoor air – Measurement strategy for VOCs (Ref.: ISO-16000-5).
• JIS A 1965, 2005: Indoor air – Determination of VOCs in indoor air and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and GC using MS/FID (Ref.: ISO 16000-6.2).
• JIS A 1966, 2005: Indoor, ambient and workplace air – Sampling and analysis of VOCs by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary GC – Part 1: Pumped sampling (Ref.: ISO 16017-1).
• JIS A 1967, 2005: Indoor, ambient and workplace air – Sampling and analysis of VOCs by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary GC – Part 2: Diffusive sampling (Ref.: ISO 16017-2).
• JIS C 9913, 2008: Measuring method of volatile organic compounds and carbonyl compounds emissions for electronic equipment – Chamber method.
• JIS X 6936, 2005: Information technology – Office equipment – Measurement of ozone, volatile organic compounds and dust emissions rate from copiers, printers and multi-function devices (Ref.: Blue Angel RAL).
9. European Collaborative Action on Urban Air, Indoor Environment and Human Exposure (ECA)
Formerly known as ECA-IAQ.
http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our_activities/public-health/ indoor_air_quality/eca
These reports do not have the status of CEN or ISO standards, but are widely quoted.
• Report no. 6: Strategy for sampling chemical substances in indoor air.
• Report no. 8: Guideline for the characterization of VOCs emitted from indoor materials and products using small test chambers.
• Report no. 13: Determination of VOCs emitted from indoor materials and products.
• Report no. 14: Sampling strategies for volatile organic compounds in indoor air.
• Report no. 16: Determination of VOCs emitted from indoor materials and products.
• Report no. 18: Evaluation of VOC emissions from building products – Solid flooring materials.
• Report no. 19: Total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) in indoor air quality investigations.
• Report no. 24: Harmonisation of indoor material emissions labelling systems in the EU – Inventory of existing schemes.
• Report no. 27: Harmonisation framework for indoor products labelling schemes in the EU.
• Report no. 29: Harmonisation framework for health based evaluation of indoor emissions from construction products in the European Union using the EU-LCI concept.
10. Other relevant national and trade-sector- related standards and reports
10.1 Environmental monitoring
UK Environment Agency
www.gov.uk/government/publications
• LFTGN 04: Guidance for monitoring trace components in landfill gas.
N.B. Prepared in collaboration with Scottish EPA.
• M2: Monitoring of stack emissions to air.
• IPPC Guidelines S4.01: Guidance for speciality organic chemicals – Issue 4.
• IPPC Guidelines S4.02: Guidance for large volume organic chemicals – Issue 3.
• IPPC Technical guidance document H4: Horizontal guidance for odour, Part 2 – Assessment and control.
Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN)
• NVN 2792: Ambient air quality: Determination of vinyl chloride concentration using adsorption onto PoraPak followed by thermal desorption/gas chromatography analysis.
• NVN 2774: Ambient air quality: Determination of the concentration of phenols by adsorption onto Tenax followed by thermal desorption/gas chromatography analysis.
• NVN 2796: Ambient air quality: Determination of acrylonitrile concentration using adsorption onto PoraPak followed by thermal desorption/gas chromatography analysis.
• NVN 2797: Ambient air quality: Determination of the concentration of volatile esters by adsorption onto a sorbent tube followed by thermal desorption/gas chromatography analysis.
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)
• P 2 (-Draft): Guide to air sampling devices for toxic chemical pollutants at hazardous waste sites.
Verein Deutsche Ingenieure
• VDI 3864: Gaseous air pollution measurement. Gas chromatographic determination of volatile halogenated hydrocarbons. Sampling by adsorption, analysis by thermal desorption/gas chromatography.
• VDI 4300: Part 1: Indoor air-pollution measurement. General aspects of measurement strategy.
10.2 Occupational hygiene
Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN)
• NVN 2968: Workplace air quality: Determination of the concentration of ketone by pumped sampling onto a sorbent tube followed by thermal desorption/gas chromatography analysis.
Australian Standard
• 2986 (1987): Workplace atmospheres – Organic vapours – Sampling by solid adsorption techniques.
American National Standards Institute
• ANSI/ISEA 104-1998 (-Draft): American national standard for air sampling devices – Diffusive type for gases and vapors in working environments.
10.3 Emissions from construction products and furnishings to indoor air
German Institute of Building Technology (DIBT): Ausschuss zur gesundheitlichen Bewertung von Bauprodukten (AgBB)
• Health-related evaluation procedure for volatile organic compounds emissions (VOC and SVOC) from building products.
California Department of Health Services (CDHS) Indoor Air Quality Section: Environmental Health Laboratory Branch Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control
• CDPH/EHLB/Standard Method V1.2 (January 2017): Standard method for the testing and evaluation of volatile organic chemical emissions from indoor sources using environmental chambers, Version 1.2.
N.B. Also known as Emission testing method for California Specification 01350. Supersedes the previous version of CHPS 01350 (Standard practice for the testing of volatile organic emissions from various sources using small scale environmental chambers).
LEED
• Pilot credit 21: Low emitting interiors.
International Green Construction code (2010)
Specifies either ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1 (non-residential) or ICC-700 (residential) – see below.
• ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1 (2009): Standard for the design of high performance green buildings – A jurisdictional compliance option of the IGCC National Green Building Standard ICC-700 for residential occupancies (2012).
Avis de l’Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Environnement et du Travail (AFSSET)
• Relatif à une procédure d’évaluation des risques sanitaires concernant les composés organiques volatils (COV) et le formaldéhyde émis par les produits de construction (saisine AFSSET no. 2004/011).
The Finnish Building Information Foundation
• Finnish M1 protocol: Emission classification of building materials: Protocol for chemical and sensory testing of building materials.
Korean Association for Clean Air
• Testing method: Environmentally-friendly building materials – Regulations on small chambers.
Nordtest methods
• NT Build 358: Building materials: Emission of volatile compounds. Chamber method.
• NT Build 438: Building materials: Emission of volatile compounds. Field and Laboratory Emission Cell (FLEC).
10.4 Emissions from furniture and furnishings
BIFMA
• BIFMA M7.1: Standard test method for determining VOC emissions from office furniture systems, components and seating.
• BIFMA X7.1: Standard for formaldehyde and TVOC emissions of low-emitting office furniture and seating.
Gemeinschaft Umweltfreundlicher Teppichboden (GUT)
• GUT test method for the screening of VOC-emissions from textile floor coverings.
10.5 Emissions from car trim
Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)
www.vda.de/en/publikationen/publikationen_downloads/
• VDA 276-1: Measuring emissions from car trim components using a 1 m3 chamber at 65°C.
• VDA 278: Thermal desorption analysis of organic emissions for the characterization of non-metallic materials for automobiles.
10.6 Cleanroom construction and semiconductor applications
US Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES)
www.iest.org/RecommendedPractices/IESTRDCC011/ tabid/9658/Default.aspx
• IEST-RP-CC031: Methods for measuring outgassing from cleanroom materials (first draft).
Part 1: Determination of organic emissions from cleanroom construction materials by direct thermal desorption and GC-MS analysis.
Part 2: Desorption, trapping and thermal desorption-GC-MS analysis of organic contaminants on the surface of silicon wafers.
Verein Deutsche Ingenieure (VDI)
• VDI 2083-17: Cleanroom technology – Compatibility with required clean lines: Class and surface clean lines.
10.7 The petroleum industry
UK Environment Agency in collaboration with the Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum)
http://publishing.energyinst.org/
• Protocol for the determination of the speciation of hydrocarbon emissions from oil refineries.
• IP 442: Analysis of fuel- and oil-derived hydrocarbons in diesel particulate on filters – GC method.
CONCAWE
• Method for monitoring exposure to LPG containing small amounts of 1,3-butadiene.
10.8 The tobacco industry
British Standards Institute
• BSI PAS 54115: Manufacture, importation, testing, and labelling of vaping products, including electronic cigarettes, e-shisha and directly-related products – Code of practice.