Case Studies

Respect for natural  resources  and  the  environment  means  that the purification and cleaning of urban wastewater is a fundamental part of the process of the integral water cycle. The dumping of non-biodegradable or difficult-to-disintegrate or containing plastics products  deposited  directly  in  the  domestic toilet leads to the obstruction and deterioration of the sanitation network and the degradation of water resources. Thus, Spanish Standard UNE 149002 Acceptance criteria for...

Spanish Royal Decree (RD) 56/2016 on energy audits and accreditation of energy service providers and energy audits partially transposes the European Directive 2012/27/UE on energy efficiency. This RD defines the requirements for an energy audit but, in parallel, makes use of the European Standards EN 16247 series on energy audits in a similar way as in the “new approach” legislation. If an  energy  audit  proves  that  standards have been complied with, it is considered that  the  energy  audit...

The objective of this case study is to show how the administration of the City of València(Spain) has used a number of standards, including ISO 37120 and ITU/United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), to  develop  valuable data on an open platform and municipal  and  citizen  dashboards. This allowed breaking information silos in the administration, leading to integrated, transparent, and enhanced decision management. This supports several indicators under SDG...

The case study details how Spanish steel producers worked with the national standardization system to develop a standard, UNE 36901 “Iron and steel sustainability management systems. Requirements”, which enables them to introduce environmental, economic and social sustainability aspects in their activities. 

Monitoring of the extractive fishing activities is a need to ensure sustainability and a requirement in the legislation. Monitoring is currently done by experts embarked in vessels.

Electronic monitoring is technically feasible but requires professionalism of the implementing companies and the acceptance of all stakeholders; owners of the vessels, fishermen, authorities and scientist. The way to progress has been the development of a voluntary Spanish National Standard, UNE 195007:2021...