HVAC Practitioners Standards

These are the HVAC Practitioners Standards

The HVAC Practitioners set includes key standards for the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of HVAC systems. It supports the delivery of reliable and efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning solutions.

It streamlines access to the essential standards needed to manage HVAC systems throughout the systems' lifecycle. It focuses on standards referenced in everyday practice.

This set is for HVAC practitioners: consultants, engineers, project managers, installation technicians, and service and maintenance professionals.

Available in the HVAC Practitioners set.

Name	Publisher
AS 1668.1:2015 Amd 1:2018 The use of ventilation and air conditioning in building, Part 1: Fire and smoke control in buildings	Current Standards Australia	The 2015 edition of AS/NZS 1668.1 is amended as follows.
AS/NZS 5601.1:2022 Gas installations, Part 1: General installations	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Sets out requirements and means of conformance for the design, installation and commissioning of gas installations that are associated with the use or intended use of fuel gases such as natural gas, LP Gas, or biogas.
AS/NZS 3500.2:2021 Plumbing and drainage, Part 2: Sanitary plumbing and drainage	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies requirements for the design and installation of sanitary plumbing and drainage from fixtures to a sewer, common effluent system or an on-site wastewater management system, as appropriate. It applies to new installations as well as alterations, additions or repairs to existing installations.
AS/NZS 3666.2:2011 Air-handling and water systems of buildings - Microbial control, Part 2: Operation and maintenance	Pending Revision Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies minimum requirements for the operation and maintenance of air-handling and water systems of buildings for the purposes of microbial control. It does not include requirements for refrigerated room airconditioners and non-ducted split systems.
AS 4429-1999 Methods of test and rating requirements for smoke-spill fans	Current Standards Australia	Specifies the classification of smoke-spill fans, and the laboratory test methods and procedures used to rate their performance (and that of their motors). Fans are rated in terms of their suitability to operate continuously without significant loss of performance, for a specified time at a specified air temperature. This Standard deals only with laboratory type-testing and does not consider the testing of smoke-spill fans after they have been installed in a building.
AS/NZS 3666.3:2011 Air-handling and water systems of buildings - Microbial control, Part 3: Performance-based maintenance of cooling water systems	Pending Revision Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Outlines a performance-based approach to the maintenance of cooling water systems with respect to the control of microorganisms, including Legionellae, within such systems. This approach combines automatically regulated water treatment with monitoring, assessment and control strategies to help create a low risk environment within the cooling water system.
AS 4391-1999 Smoke management systems - Hot smoke test	Current Standards Australia	Sets out a hot smoke test methodology by means of which a specified quantity of smoke may be generated, at a safe temperature, within a building.
AS/NZS 3666.4:2011 Air-handling and water systems of buildings - Microbial control, Part 4: Performance-based maintenance of air-handling systems (ducts and components)	Pending Revision Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Outlines a performance-based approach to the maintenance of ducts and components forming air-handling systems with respect to the control of microorganisms, within such systems.
AS 2484.1-1990 Fire - Glossary of terms, Part 1: Fire tests	Current Standards Australia	Provides a glossary of terms to be used in connection with fire testing; also refers to deprecated terms which should not be used in connection with fire testing.
AS/NZS ISO 817:2016 Refrigerants - Designation and safety classification	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	This Standard provides an unambiguous system for assigning designations to refrigerants. It also establishes a system for assigning a safety classification to refrigerants based on toxicity and flammability data, and provides a means of determining the refrigerant concentration limit.
AS/NZS 5601.1:2022 Amd 2:2024 Gas installations, Part 1: General installations	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	AS/NZS 5601.1:2022 is amended as follows.
AS/NZS 5149.4:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements, Part 4: Operation, maintenance, repair and recovery (ISO 5149-4:2014, MOD)	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies requirements for safety and environmental aspects in relation to operation, maintenance and repair of refrigerating systems and the recovery, reuse and disposal of all types of refrigerant, refrigerant oil, heat transfer fluid, refrigerating system and part thereof.
AS/NZS 5149.3:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements, Part 3: Installation site (ISO 5149-3:2014, MOD)	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies a simple means of referring to common refrigerants instead of using the chemical name, formula, or trade name. It also establishes a uniform system to be used in assigning the proper reference number and classification to refrigerants; the system for refrigerant classification is defined and physical data of common refrigerants listed.
AS/NZS 5149.2:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements, Part 2: Design, construction, testing, marking and documentation (ISO 5149-2:2014, MOD)	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Applicable to the design, construction, and installation of refrigerating systems, including piping, components, materials, and ancillary equipment directly associated with such systems.
AS/NZS 5149.1:2016 Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements, Part 1: Definitions, classification and selection criteria (ISO 5149-1:2014, MOD)	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies the requirements for the safety of persons and property, provides guidance for the protection of the environment, and establishes procedures for the operation, maintenance, and repair of refrigerating systems and the recovery of refrigerants.
AS/NZS 5141:2018 Residential heating and cooling systems - Minimum applications and requirements for energy efficiency, performance and comfort criteria	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies the requirements for design, selection, installation, commissioning and maintenance of residential heating and cooling climate control systems.
AS/NZS 4234:2021 Heated water systems - Calculation of energy consumption	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Sets out a method for evaluating the annual energy performance of water heaters using a combination of test results for component performance and mathematical models to determine the standardized annual supplementary energy use.
AS/NZS 3666.1:2011 Air-handling and water systems of buildings - Microbial control, Part 1: Design, installation and commissioning	Pending Revision Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies minimum requirements for the design, installation and commissioning of air-handling and water systems of buildings for the purposes of microbial control. It does not include requirements for refrigerated room airconditioners and non-ducted split systems.
AS/NZS 3500.2:2021 Amd 1:2021 Plumbing and drainage, Part 2: Sanitary plumbing and drainage	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	AS/NZS 3500.2:2021 is amended as follows.
AS/NZS 3500.1:2021 Plumbing and drainage, Part 1: Water services	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Specifies requirements for the design, installation and commissioning of cold water services from a point of connection to the points of discharge, and for non-drinking water from a point of connection to the points of discharge.
AS/NZS 3000:2018 Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules)	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	AS NZS 3000 2018 (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules) specifies requirements for the design, construction and verification of electrical installations, including the selection and installation of electrical equipment forming part of such electrical installations; part 1 provides provisions that constitute the minimum regulatory requirements for a safe electrical installation; part 2 provides work methods and installation practices that are ‘deemed to comply’ with the requirements of Part 1.
AS/NZS 1530.3:1999 Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures, Part 3: Simultaneous determination of ignitability, flame propagation, heat release and smoke release	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Describes a single test method for grading building materials on the basis of ignition tendency, flame spread, heat development and tendency to produce smoke.
AS/NZS 1200:2015 Pressure equipment	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Sets out basic requirements and good practice for the design, materials, manufacture, examination, testing, installation, conformity assessment, commissioning, operation, inspection, maintenance, repair, alteration and disposal of pressure equipment (boilers, pressure vessels and pressure piping) but excluding gas cylinders; includes detailed requirements for various pressure equipment by direct reference to a range of Australian, New Zealand and other Standards.
AS/NZS 1170.2:2021 Structural design actions, Part 2: Wind actions	Current Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand	Sets out procedures for determining wind speeds and resulting wind actions to be used in the structural design of structures subjected to wind actions other than those caused by tornadoes. To be read in conjunction with AS/NZS 1170.0.
AS 2665-2001 Smoke/heat venting systems - Design, installation and commissioning	Current Standards Australia	Specifies requirements for the design, installation and commissioning of a system of sutomatic smoke/heat release vents in conjunction with associated smoke reservoirs in buildings.
AS 2419.1:2021 Fire hydrant installations, Part 1: System design, installation and commissioning	Current Standards Australia	Specifies requirements for the design, installation and commissioning and testing of fire hydrant installations that are used for the protection of buildings, structures, storage yards, marinas and associated moored vessels, wharves, and plant.
AS 1851-2012 Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment	Pending Revision Standards Australia	Sets out requirements for inspection, testing, preventive maintenance and survey of fire protection systems and equipment.
AS 1670.1:2024 Fire detection, warning, control and intercom systems - System design, installation and commissioning, Part 1: Fire	Current Standards Australia	Sets out requirements for the design, installation and commissioning of fire detection and alarm systems comprising components conforming with the requirements of the appropriate product Standard.
AS 1668.2:2024 The use of ventilation and airconditioning in buildings, Part 2: Mechanical ventilation in buildings	Current Standards Australia	Provides users with minimum design parameters and guidelines for determining ventilation rates for general application in buildings
AS 1668.1:2015 The use of ventilation and air conditioning in buildings, Part 1: Fire and smoke control in buildings	Current Standards Australia	Sets out minimum requirements for the design, construction, installation and commissioning of mechanical smoke control systems in buildings; specific methods of smoke control are defined and the appropriate requirements specified for each.
AS 1530.4:2014 Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures, Part 4: Fire-resistance tests for elements of construction	Current Standards Australia	Sets out test procedures and criteria for the determination of fire-resistance of elements of building construction.
AS 1530.1:2024 Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures, Part 1: Combustibility test for materials (ISO 1182:2020, NEQ)	Current Standards Australia	Specifies a test method for determining the combustibility of building materials and is one of a series of test methods of evaluating the potential fire hazard of building products; the test is for building materials other than coated, faced or laminated materials which, although not completely inert, produce only a limited amount of heat and flame when exposed to temperatures of approximately 750 °C.
AS 1324.1-2001 Air filters for use in general ventilation and airconditioning, Part 1: Application, performance and construction	Current Standards Australia	Specifies requirements for the performance and construction of air filters for use in general ventilation and airconditioning systems. It classifies air filters on the basis of design, construction performance and application and establishes minimum criteria for acceptance of an air filter into a particular category. It does not apply to HEPA filters.
AS 1170.4:2024 Structural design actions, Part 4: Earthquake actions in Australia	Current Standards Australia	Provides designers of structures with earthquake actions and general detailing requirements for use in the design of structures subject to earthquakes with a primary focus on life safety.