Current Industry Standards

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Related Standards
InfoComm monitors standards from other organizations that might affect the audiovisual industry.  Audiovisual professionals are encouraged to check this site and participate in the process for standards of interest to them.

BSI (British Standards Institution) has published PAS 122 Specification for the installation of audiovisual equipment in classrooms and general publicly accessible areas. This PAS (publicly available specification) is for use by AV installation companies in the UK that provide installations which include a component such as a computer, projector, interactive whiteboard and plasma screens or loudspeakers. 

The American Institute of Physics is reaffirming and redesignating ANSI S3.2-1989 (R1999) to become BSR/ASA S3.2-1989 (R200x), Method for Measuring the Intelligibility of Speech Over Communication Systems. This includes measurement of speech intelligibility over entire communication systems, evaluation of the contributions of elements of speech communication systems and evaluation of factors that affect the intelligibility of speech. For more information, contact Susan Blaeser and please copy standards@infocomm.org.

The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) has written an "Educational Seating Standard Draft" and is looking for volunteers to work on a new standard for seating products for the educational market. If interested, please contact Dick Driscoll at BIFMA and copy standards@infocomm.org.