Code Requirements, Laws, Standards and Regulations 30% (Reference Standards/Guidelines) IDPX/PRAC Flashcards
What is BIFMA?
Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturere’s Association
ANSI/BIFMA X5.1
General Purpose Office Chairs
What is OSHA?
Occupational Safety and Health Act
What is ASHRAE?
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Sets standards for ventilation
What is ANSI?
Approves standars developed by other organizations and works to avoid duplications bewtween different standards
DOES NOT develop or write standards
What does ASTM do?
Sets standards for testing
American Society for Testing and Materials
What type of code is the IBC?
Model building code
Building codes are usually adopted and enfoced by who?
Local goverment
County or district
What are the two testing laboratories?
- UL (Underwriters Lab)
- NRTL (National Recognized Testing Lab)
Do standards have a legal standing?
NO
They are only enforceable with/wide adopted code
ANSI/BIFMA X5.3
Veritcal Files
ANSI/BIFMA X5.4
Lounge Seating
ANSI/BIFMA X5.5
Desk and Table Products
ANSI/BIFMA X5.6
Panels Systems
ANSI/BIFMA e3
Furniture Sustainability Standard
ANSI/BIFMA M7.1
Test Method for Determining VOC Emissions from Office Furniture Systems, Components and Seating
ANSI/BIFMA X5.9
Storage Units
ANSI/BIFMA/SOHO S6.5
Small Office/Home Office
ANSI/BIFMA X7.1
Standard for Formaldehyde and TVOC Emissions of Low-Emitting Office Furniture Systems and Seating
BIFMA G1
Ergonomics for Visula Display Terminal Furniture
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1
Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
5 CFM Per Person
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2
Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings
ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1
Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
NFPA 252
Fire test of door assemblies
NFPA 253
Radiant panel test
Flame spread carpet
NFPA 265
Room Corner Test (textiles)
ASTM D2859
Methenamine Pill
Carpet ignition from cigarette
ASTM E119
Assembly test. (Fire rating of walls, structures, ceilings, glazing)
ASTM E84
Steiner tunnel test
Flame spread wall and ceiling finishes
NFPA 286
Room Corner test
Fire growth on ceilings and walls
NFPA 265
Room Corner Test (textiles)
NFPA 258
Smoke Density Chamber Test
ASTME 2573
Prep of stretch systems
NFPA 252
Fire test of door assemblies
NFPA 257
Fire test of window assemblies
NFPA 251
Fire test of Wall assemblies
NFPA 701
Vertical ignition test
window treatments, fabric panels
CALTB116
Cigarette ignition resistance test upholstered furntire
parts/composites -upholstery, foam, barrier
CALTB117
Cigarette ignition resistance test for filing materials
CALTB133
Full seating test