HARDWARE & SECURITY
Setting the Standard – An update on standards from the GAI
The world of architectural ironmongery is influenced by a huge range of standards , and they are always evolving , being updated and new ones written . Those in the industry must keep themselves up to date with these standards as a part of their continuing professional development .
» IN THIS ARTICLE DOUGLAS Masterson , Technical Manager for the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers ( GAI ) discusses two new British Standards and their implications for the sector .
BS EN 15804:2022
BS EN 15804:2022 is a new standard from CEN committee TC33 / WG4 / TG1 ( of which GAI are a member ). It provides product category rules for type III ( thirdparty verified ) environmental declarations for several hardware products , as well as complementing the core rules for the product category of construction products as defined in the European standard EN 15804:2012 + A2:2019 .
Products within the scope of this standard include the following :
Building hardware products for opening and closing doors , gates , windows , and shutters :
• Lever handles and knob furniture ( EN 1906 );
• Single-axis hinges ( EN 1935 );
• Hardware for windows and door height windows ( EN 13126 ( all parts ));
• Fittings for shutters ( e . g . EN 14648 );
• Controlled door-closing devices , electrically powered hold-open devices for swing doors and door coordinator devices ( EN 1154 , EN 1155 , EN 1158 );
• Hardware for sliding doors , folding doors and roll fronts ( EN 1527 , EN 15706 );
• Glassdoor gear ;
• Building hardware products for locking and unlocking doors , gates , windows and shutters :
• Mechanically operated locks and locking plates , multipoint locks , latches and locking plates ( EN 12209 , EN 156851 );
Douglas Masterson , Technical Manager for the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers ( GAI )
• Cylinders for locks ( EN 1303 );
• Padlocks and padlock fittings ( EN 12320 );
• Mechanically operated push-button locksets ( BS 8607 );
• Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad , for use on escape routes and panic exit devices operated by a horizontal bar , for use on escape routes ( EN 179 , EN 1125 );
• Electromechanical building hardware products ;
• Mechatronic cylinders ( EN 15684 );
• Mechatronic padlocks ( EN 16864 );
• Mechatronic door furniture ( EN 16867 );
• Electromechanically operated locks and striking plates ( EN 14846 );
• Electrically controlled exit systems for use on escape routes ( EN 13637 ).
The core Product Category Rules within this standard are :
• defines the parameters to be declared and how they are collated and reported ;
• describes which stages of a product ’ s life cycle are considered in the EPD and which processes are to be included in the life cycle stages ;
• defines rules for the development of scenarios ;
• includes the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment underlying the EPD , including the specification of the data quality to be applied ;
• includes the rules for reporting the predetermined , environmental and health information that is not covered by Life Cycle Assessment ( LCA ) for the product , construction process ( es ) and construction service ( s ), as relevant ;
• defines the conditions under which construction products can be compared based on the information provided by EPD .
Product Category Rules are required to create Environmental Product Declarations which are utilised to transparently report objective , comparable and third-party verified data about products and services environmental performances from a lifecycle perspective . An EPD is an environmental declaration that is also compliant with the ISO 14025 standard .
Whilst EPDs are not mandatory in the UK , they are becoming more popular as an independent declaration of a product or service ’ s life cycle assessment . The fact that it was felt necessary to create a specific standard for product category rules for building hardware indicates that this is of huge importance to the ironmongery industry .
Further detail on this topic can be found in the GAI Specifier ’ s Guide “ Ironmongery and the environment ” on www . gai . org . uk / knowledge
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