Las normas sobre los materiales de construcción permiten garantizar la calidad, la seguridad y la fiabilidad de los proyectos de construcción en todo el mundo. Ayudan a los profesionales de la construcción a cumplir las especificaciones de diseño y garantizar edificios sostenibles y de alto rendimiento.

Perspectivas

Adoptar el cero neto: un paso crucial hacia un futuro sostenible
Alcanzar el cero neto en las emisiones de carbono no es solo una urgencia ambiental; también presenta oportunidades significativas para organizaciones de todos los tamaños.
“Worm’s eye view of a bamboo forest clearly showing off the plants’ jointed stems.

Por Clare Naden el

Counting the ways with bamboo

With more than ten thousand different uses, bamboo is versatile, renewable, clean, green and abundant. What’s more, it holds the key to many climate change and sustainable development solutions. What’s not to love? ISO’s expert committee for bamboo has just published its first International Standard to support the industry’s growth, contributing to a better world for all.

View of city square in Shanghai, China.

Por Elizabeth Gasiorowski-Denis el

Building a sustainable future with ISO 21930

With urban populations worldwide swelling, there’s an urgent need to calculate the sustainable performance of the buildings that we live and work in. But the variety and complexity of methods available can seem overwhelming. This is where ISO 21930:2017 comes into play. 

Top standards

Steel structures — Execution of structural steelwork
Part 2: Steels

Building materials and products — Hygrothermal properties — Tabulated design values and procedures for determining declared and design thermal values

Testing of concrete
Part 12: Determination of the carbonation resistance of concrete — Accelerated carbonation method

Cement — Test methods
Part 1: Analysis by wet chemistry

Cement — Test methods — Determination of setting time and soundness

Cement — Test methods — Determination of strength