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ISO Standards Update
Citation:
Jetter, Jim. ISO Standards Update. Clean Cooking Forum 2017, New Delhi, India, October 24 - 27, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) cookstove testing program was first developed to assist the EPA-led Partnership for Clean Indoor Air and is now part of the U.S. Government’s commitment to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves the Alliance). Goals of the testing program are to: 1.Support the development of testing protocols and standards for cookstoves through ISO TC (Technical Committee) 285: Clean Cookstoves and Clean Cooking Solutions. 2.Support the development of international Regional Testing and Knowledge Centers (many sponsored by the Alliance) for scientifically evaluating and certifying cookstoves to international standards. 3.Provide an independent source of data to Alliance partners. This work supports EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. Household air pollution, mainly from solid-fuel cookstoves in the developing world, is estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to cause approximately 4 million premature deaths per year, and emissions of black carbon and other pollutants from cookstoves affect regional and global climate. A coordinated multi-national multi-disciplinary approach, including the development of standards and testing, is designed to improve global health and the environment through clean cooking solutions.
Description:
This presentation provides a brief update on activities of ISO (International Organization for Standardization) TC (Technical Committee) 285, Clean Cooking Solutions. Slides include information on: (1) Working Group project status updates, (2) background on laboratory and field testing protocols, (3) stakeholders, and (4) relevance for stakeholders.