Electrical Principles in Building Services Engineering

Introduction

Founded in 1901 in England as the world's first standards body, BSI Group has grown to become one of the main organizations of business services with more than 80,000 customers. Present in 120 countries, with more than 50 local branches and about 2,400 employees, BSI is now one of the leading certification bodies and training worldwide.

"Rising standards worldwide", which is promoting worldwide standards to support the business; this is the mission of BSI since its inception. The first set of standards ISO 9000 was developed on the basis of the standard BSI, BS 5750, published for the first time in 1979. Recognized worldwide as the most successful standard, BS 5750 was adopted by more than 950,000 organizations in 175 countries. Even the standard ISO 14001, the internationally recognized standards for environmental management systems, is derived from BS 7671, implemented in 148 countries.

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In 2008, BSI has been among the first institutions to obtain accreditation for the global certification to BS 25999 standard on business continuity and issued the first certificate in the world on the same rule. BSI is a leading certification bodies in the world, with over 68,000 certified sites, and strong experience in the development of standards, qualifies as a landmark on the market to the companies in the field of education. Considering the results achieved, BSI was declared Business Super brands in the UK from 2003 to 2009.

Innovation, integrity and independence are the values ??that guide the group. And it is precisely the value of "innovation" that is born in July 2009, the standard BS 7671, now known in UK UNI CEI EN 7671, designed to help organizations reduce the cost of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The standard describes how to introduce systems and processes to improve energy efficiency in the company.

The main activities offered by the Group include:

Standards: development and sale of national and international standards, in addition to supporting information.

Assessment and certification of management systems: delivery service third party certification of management systems, software solutions for the improvement of environmental performance, social and economic services and product certification and CE marking.

Testing and certification of products and services: testing a wide range of products used in industry and the final consumer, such as building products, safety, electrical, electronic, engineering and medical devices. Identification of technical requirements and test plans and certification of products and services in all countries of the world.

Training: organization of training courses and seminars in order to acquire information and knowledge on standards, management systems, business improvement, approval processes, and international trade. The training also includes support in understanding how to use and apply the rules.

BSI Group

BSI Group is a UK institutional group (operating in the United Kingdom under Royal Charter as a mixed company of commercial and industrial but without redistribution of profit) service organization in standardization, certification, training and compliance monitoring. The acronym comes from BSI only British Standards Institution, the old name (sometimes still used in the UK to designate the entire institution) to a branch until the creation of the group. The group consists of four branches corresponding to its main areas ...