STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT

Acoustics – Road traffic noise – New and altered roads

Committee: P6806
Project Manager: Stuart Ng
Estimated Publication Date: October 2009
Comments: The public comment period for this Standard has now closed. Standards New Zealand is working with the committee to review the comments and a meeting is likely to be held in late July.

Acoustics – Wind farm noise

Committee: P6808
Project Manager: Bruce Taylor
Estimated Publication Date: October 2009
Comments: Public comments on the revised draft Standard on wind farm noise closed on 30 April 2009. Standards New Zealand received over 600 comments, each of which will be considered by the review committee. Once the final version of the Standard has been agreed to by the committee, it will be prepared for publication.

ISO Standards support goals of World Environment Day 2009

ISO Standards include tools for advancing the specific goals of this year's 'combating climate change' World Environment Day, 5 June 2009. ISO offers hundreds of environment-related Standards that support the broader aims of World Environment Day, which is coordinated by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), a partner in the development of many of these Standards.

ISO Secretary-General Rob Steele comments, 'ISO has over 500 international Standards directly related to environmental subjects and many more that can help in reducing environmental impacts. Offering business, government, and society a complete portfolio of practical tools for tackling environmental challenges, they range from Standards for sampling, testing, and analytical methods, through environmental management and environmental aspects of product design, to new work on ship recycling.'