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Public
Announcement on BPI Standards
The Building Performance Institute
(BPI) has initiated
a professional approach to the development and upkeep of the BPI
Standards. The BPI Board of Directors has approved changes to the
standards development process that will follow ISO/ANSI procedures and
allow BPI to seek ISO/ANSI accreditation as a standards development
organization.
While
the current standards development process has served BPI since its
inception, the new process will be more formally structured. A
Standards Technical Committee will be appointed to review and take
action on proposals and comments from the general public, with updates
to the standards made annually.
The
following process description and calendar provide an overview of the
new structure, and the formal procedures can be found here.
Please note that if you are
interested in serving on the Standards Technical Committee, your
application is due to BPI by November 30, 2007.
Click
here
to be taken to the application for the committee.
Steps
in the process and tentative calendar of events:
1.
The BPI Board of Directors shall appoint a
five-member Standards Management Board , which will
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Report to the BPI Board of Directors
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Establish criteria for selection of the
nine-member Standards Technical Committee (STC)
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Accept applications for appointment to the STC for
a two-month period beginning Oct. 1,
2007 and closing November 30, 2007
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Appoint the nine-member STC. Appointments to be announced by Dec. 15, 2007
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Oversee the actions of the STC
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Ensure that the STC follows proper ISO/ANSI
standards development procedures Grant final approval of the revisions
to the standards submitted by the STC
2.
The Standards Technical Committee will convene in January, 2008. The Committee
shall appoint subcommittees for various technical areas and/or working
groups to focus on individual standards, and will establish a calendar
of meetings and deadlines for the subcommittees and working groups.
3.
Proposals from the public for inclusion and
consideration by the TC may be submitted
until March 31 to be considered in that calendar year.
4.
The STC will review existing BPI standards,
proposals for new standards, and proposals for updating existing
standards each year. The STC shall post on the BPI website all work
items and all BPI standards when developed / updated for public comment by July 31 of each year.
5.
Public comments regarding the new BPI standards or
proposed changes to the BPI standards will be accepted for review and response by the STC
until September 30 of each year. Comments may be submitted
via the BPI website, e-mail, or paper submission.
6.
Responses to public comments and
final publication of the standards by the STC will be due November 30
of each year
7.
The Standards Management Board will verify that
the Standards Technical Committee has properly followed ISO/ANSI procedures and approves final actions of the
Standards Technical Committee.
8.
Revisions to standards take
effect January 1, of each year.
Calendar of events:
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Oct. 1, 2007 - November 1, 2007: Acceptance of applications for
appointment to the STC by the Standards Management Board.
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November 30, 2007: Application period for STC membership
closes
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Dec. 15, 2007: Announcement of Appointees to the
nine-member STC.
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January 1, 2008: Standards Technical Committee term
begins
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January 1 - March
31, 2008: Standards Technical Committee appoints
subcommittees and working groups, groups begin working on projects
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March 31, 2008: Proposals from public for changes to
or inclusion in the standards are due to the BPI Standards Technical
Committee
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July 31, 2008: Proposed draft changes to standards
due from the STC and posted to the BPI website
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September 30, 2008: Public comments due to the Standards
Technical Committee via BPI website, e-mail, or paper.
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September 30 - November 30, 2008: Standards Technical Committee
considers and addresses all public comments, makes final changes and
edits to proposed standards.
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November 30, 2008: Standards Technical Committee
presents final product to Standards Management Board for approval and
verification of conformance with all required ISO/ANSI procedures
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January 1, 2009: New standards go into effect
To
make an application for membership to the Standards Technical
Committee, click here.
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