What is this ISO 14644‑16 – Energy efficiency in cleanrooms about?
ISO 14644‑16 is the 16th part of the multi-series on cleanrooms and associated controlled environments. ISO 14644‑16 gives best practices recommendations for optimizing energy usage and maintaining energy efficiency in new and existing cleanrooms, clean zones, and separative devices. ISO 14644‑16 provides guidance for the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of cleanrooms.
ISO 14644‑16 covers all cleanroom-specific features and can be used in different areas to optimize energy use in electronic, aerospace, nuclear, pharmaceutical, hospital, medical device, food industries, and other clean air applications. ISO 14644‑16 also introduces the concept of benchmarking for the performance assessment and comparison of cleanroom energy efficiencies, while maintaining performance levels to ISO 14644 requirements.
Who is ISO 14644‑16 - Energy efficiency in cleanrooms for?
ISO 14644‑16 on energy efficiency in cleanrooms is useful for many industries, such as life‑sciences, pharmaceuticals, microelectronics, aerospace, food processing, nuclear, and hospitals. ISO 14644‑16 is useful for professionals such as:
- Doctors
- Researchers
- Lifesciences professionals
- Senior management associated with these facilities
- Administrative divisions associated with these facilities
Why should you use ISO 14644‑16 - Energy efficiency in cleanrooms?
Cleanrooms consume large amounts of energy compared to non-classified rooms – as much as 25 times more. Controlled environments consume more energy to control contamination to levels appropriate for accomplishing contamination-sensitive activities. ISO 14644‑16 embraces the accumulated experiences and practices in cleanroom design, operation, and maintenance, formulated to reduce their energy consumption and the global impact of this dramatic growth.
The energy-saving methods and techniques used in ISO 14644‑16 are all general ones applicable to varied environments and situations. ISO 14644‑16 sets out the measures that are taken to introduce these techniques and applies to the full spectrum of “cleanroom technology,” from cleanrooms to clean air devices, including isolators, glove boxes, and mini- environments. Use ISO 14644‑16 as a benchmark for best practices in cleanrooms and associated environments.