Leonardo Academy ANSI Standard Development

Leonardo Academy is a member of the American National Standards Institution (ANSI), an organization that coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. Leonardo Academy is an ANSI Accredited standard developer and is actively engaged in consensus standard development. We believe that these national standards are an important tool for teaching sustainability objectives.

 

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Leonardo Academy Standards Under Development for ANSI Accreditation

We are currently developing the following Leonardo Academy Standards for ANSI Accreditation:

• Sustainable Organizations (LEO-1000)

• Emission Inventories, Reduction Credits and Offsets (LEO-5000). To learn more about this project, click here.

• Sustainable Vehicles (LEO-6000)

• Sustainable Events (LEO-7000)

• Sustainable Gaming Standard (LEO-8000): Leonardo Academy is working with EGM Green to develop an American National Standard for the gaming industry. This standard setting process was announced in the November 14, 2008 edition of ANSI Standards Action. More

 

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Leonardo Academy ANSI Process Administration for Standards Being Developed by Other Organizations

We provide ANSI process administration for standards being developed by other organizations.

• Sustainable Agriculture Standard: This standard setting process was initiated by the April 13, 2007 publication of Sustainable Agriculture Practice Standard for Food, Fiber and Biofuel Crop Producers and Agricultural Product Handlers and Processors (LEO SCS-001-200x) in ANSI Standards Action. Since that time, the Sustainable Agriculture Standards Committee agreed to treat the draft standard as a reference document, and a PINS has been filed for this project. More

• Type III Life-Cycle Impact Profile Declarations: The initial draft of the Type III Life-Cycle Impact Profile Declarations for Products and Services (LEO SCS-002-200x) standard, published by Scientific Certification Systems, is now available for public comment. Leonardo Academy, an ANSI accredited standard development organization, is managing the development process for this standard. More

 

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Important Notice Regarding Draft American National Standards for Trial Use (DSTUs) -- On October 2, 2008, ANSI announced that "Annex B: Draft American National Standards for trial use" of the ANSI Essential Requirements would be eliminated as an option for announcing standard development projects through ANSI. Furthermore, existing documents that are labeled or promoted as "Draft American National Standards for Trial Use" may no longer carry that label or be promoted as such. Deletion of Annex B does not preclude an ANSI- Accredited Standards Developer from developing, approving and disseminating its own standards for trial use, however. Any documents that were originally filed as "Draft American National Standards for Trial Use" no longer have recognized status through ANSI but can still be retained as draft standards for trial use within a standard developer's own system.

In keeping with the actions required by ANSI regarding the elimination of Annex B, Leonardo Academy has: 1) revised its standard development procedures to eliminate the DSTU option through ANSI (revised procedures are pending approval by ANSI), 2) removed all references to "Draft American National Standard for Trial Use" on existing DSTUs that have been announced as such and 3) filed a PINS to continue the development process for any document previously filed as a Draft American National Standard for Trial Use. In addition, Leonardo Academy will no longer refer to any standard under development as a "Draft American National Standard for Trial Use."

 

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To learn more about Leonardo Academy's standards development procedure under the ANSI Process, read:

Leonardo Academy's ANSI Standards Development Constitution