DOCS
Engineering standards
The 65 standards LV-Architect cites when it generates a design, each summarised in plain English with its organization, publication and edition. These are paraphrases for coordination — not the standards' text, and not a substitute for the published documents.
ADA
- ADA Standards for Accessible Design §308 — Reach ranges
- ADA Standards for Accessible Design §309 — Operable parts
AQAV
- AV9000 — Quality management for audiovisual systems — design review, staging, and commissioning
ASHRAE
- ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1 §9.4 (Lighting Controls) — Mandatory lighting control provisions
AVIXA
- ANSI/AVIXA 2M — Standard Guide for Audiovisual Systems Design and Coordination Processes
- ANSI/AVIXA A102.01 §5 — Audio coverage uniformity in listening areas
- ANSI/AVIXA V202.01 — Display Image Size for 2D Content (DISCAS)
BICSI
- BICSI 002 — Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices
- BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual — Industry best-practice cabling methods
CEDIA/CTA
- CEDIA/CTA-RP22 — Immersive audio design for private entertainment spaces
CPSC
- 16 CFR window-covering safety rule / ANSI-WCMA A100.1 — Accessible operating and inner-cord safety for window coverings
ESTA
- ANSI E1.2 — Design, manufacture, and use of aluminum trusses and towers
- ANSI E1.21 — Temporary ground-supported overhead structures (outdoor stages)
- ANSI E1.4-1 — Manual counterweight rigging systems
- ANSI E1.43 — Entertainment Technology — Performer Flying Systems
- ANSI E1.6-1 — Powered hoist systems for entertainment
- ANSI E1.6-4 — Portable control of fixed-speed electric chain hoists
FCC
- FCC 47 CFR Part 15 — Unlicensed RF devices
ICC
- 2024 IECC §R404 — Residential lighting equipment and controls
IEEE
- IEEE 802.1Qav — Audio Video Bridging — forwarding and queuing
- IEEE 802.3ae — 10 Gb/s Ethernet over optical fiber
- IEEE 802.3an — 10GBASE-T — 10 Gb/s Ethernet over balanced twisted pair
- IEEE 802.3bt — Power over Ethernet (PoE++) / Type 3 / Type 4
IES
- ANSI/IES RP-1 — American National Standard Practice for Office Lighting
- ANSI/IES TM-30 — Method for Evaluating Light Source Color Rendition
ISO/IEC
- IEC 60268-16 — Objective rating of speech intelligibility by Speech Transmission Index (STI / STIPA)
- IEC 62676 (series) — Video surveillance systems for use in security applications
- ISO/IEC 11801 — Generic cabling for customer premises
NEC
- NFPA 70 §250.94 — Intersystem bonding termination
- NFPA 70 §Article 410 — Luminaires, lampholders, and lamps
- NFPA 70 §Article 520 — Theaters, audience areas, and performance venues
- NFPA 70 §Article 645 — Information technology equipment
- NFPA 70 §Article 722 — Cables for power-limited and fault-managed power circuits
- NFPA 70 §Article 725 — Class 2 and Class 3 power-limited circuits
- NFPA 70 §Article 760 — Fire alarm systems
- NFPA 70 §Article 770 — Optical fiber cables and raceways
- NFPA 70 §Article 800 — General requirements for communications systems (cable listing and marking)
NEMA
- ANSI C137.1 — 0-10 V dimming interface for LED drivers, fluorescent ballasts, and controls
NFPA
- NFPA 101 §7.9 — Emergency lighting (means of egress)
- NFPA 731 — Installation of Premises Security Systems
- NFPA 72 §10.6 — Fire alarm power supply / secondary power
- NFPA 72 §12 — Circuits and pathways — class designations
- NFPA 72 §17.7 — Smoke detector spacing
- NFPA 72 §18.4 — Audible notification appliances
- NFPA 72 §18.5 — Visible notification appliances (public mode)
- NFPA 72 §24.3.14 — Pathway survivability for emergency communications systems
- NFPA 72 §26.6 — Supervising station transmission — communications paths
- NFPA 72 §7.4.6 — Shop drawings — system riser diagrams
- NFPA 90A — HVAC duct smoke detectors
- NFPA 262 (formerly UL 910) — Plenum-rated cable (CMP / OFNP / FPLP)
NIST
- NIST IR 8259A — IoT device cybersecurity capability core baseline
ONVIF
- ONVIF Profile S — IP-based video streaming interoperability
OSHA
- 29 CFR 1910.184 — Slings (suspended-load workplace safety)
SIA
- SIA OSDP (also IEC 60839-11-5) — Open Supervised Device Protocol for reader-to-controller communication
TIA
- ANSI/TIA-568.2-D — Balanced twisted-pair telecommunications cabling components
- ANSI/TIA-568.3-D — Optical fiber cabling components
- ANSI/TIA-569-E — Pathways and spaces
- ANSI/TIA-570-E — Residential telecommunications infrastructure
- ANSI/TIA-606-C — Administration of telecommunications infrastructure
- ANSI/TIA-607-D — Generic telecommunications bonding and grounding
- ANSI/TIA-942-B — Telecommunications infrastructure for data centers
UL
- UL 1666 — Riser-rated cable (CMR / OFNR / FPLR)
- UL 294 — Access Control System Units
- UL 639 — Intrusion Detection Units
- ANSI/UL 864 — Control units and accessories for fire alarm systems