Harmonized Standards & Certified Products
My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about ASSE’s latest efforts to harmonize performance standards. Often the question asked is, “How...
How Products Get Certified
My colleague Terry Burger has written about the relationship between codes and standards. The goal of this article is to help people...
What’s the Difference Between ASSE 1017 and ASSE 1070?
As my colleague Terry Burger mentioned in his article, "Temperature Control Devices," devices that are certified to ASSE 1017, Temperature Actuated Mixing...
ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT ®) Trademark Granted
ASSE International was recently granted a Certificate of Registration for the ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT®) certification mark by the...
WaterSense to Publish New Efficiency Specification for POU RO Systems
One of the common technologies used for water treatment are Reverse Osmosis systems. (From this point forward referred to RO.) The EPA...
How Do Harmonized Standards Affect Product Listings?
My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about the evolution and benefits of writing harmonized standards (see pages 10-12). Often the...
Keeping Up With Technology
Innovation has been described as making necessary changes to meet customers’ needs. In the world of plumbing, we’ve seen a significant amount...
ASSE Certified Hydrants
My colleague, Terry Burger, has written about the confusion over hydrant backflow protection, as well as the differences in the various devices,...
Testing Reverse Osmosis Water Efficiency
As the problem of water scarcity and water quality continues to plague the world, more and more people are turning to reverse...
Drinking Water Treatment Product Testing
The types of drinking water treatment units (DWTU) are extremely diverse. The product category covers things from the historic carbon block used to filter...