🇵🇱 INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI – PAŃSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY PL
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INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI – PAŃSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 458 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 20 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Construction. Test objects include: Workplace environment - air, Workplace environment - cold microclimate, Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration, Workplace environment - hot microclimate. Most frequently used techniques: Direct measurement method, Gravimetric method, Electrochemical method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 458
- Methods in scope: 20
- Types of test objects: 8
- Techniques used: 4
- City: Warszawa, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 458
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. Mory 8, 01-330 Warszawa, LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE OCHRONY ŚRODOWISKA, ul. Wilcza 8, 26-610 Radom
- City
- Warszawa, Poland
What this laboratory tests (8)
- Workplace environment - air — 6 methods
- Workplace environment - cold microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - hot microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - moderate microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - noise — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - whole-body vibration — 2 methods
Analytical techniques used (4)
- Direct measurement method — 7 methods
- Gravimetric method — 2 methods
- Electrochemical method — 1 method
- Personal dosimetry method — 1 method
Accreditation scope — test methods (20)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Workplace environment - whole-body vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,02 – 50) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253+A1:2011 | |
| 2 | Workplace environment - whole-body vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for 8 hours of action of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz) (calculated) | PN-EN 14253+A1:2011 | ||
| 3 | Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,22 – 100) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | |
| 4 | Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for 8 hours of action of the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations determined for three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration accelerations determined for three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | ||
| 5 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | Air temperature Range (15 – 40) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range (15 – 40) °C Black globe temperature Range (15 – 40) °C |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | |
| 6 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | WBGT index, WBGTeff index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | ||
| 7 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | Air temperature Range (10 – 30) °C Black globe temperature Range (10 – 40) °C Air humidity Range (25 – 88) % Air velocity Range (0,15 – 2) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | |
| 8 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | PMV index, PPD index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | ||
| 9 | Workplace environment - cold microclimate | Air temperature Range ( -20 – 10) °C Black globe temperature Range (-20 – 10) °C Air humidity Range (25 – 88) % Air velocity Range (0,15 – 5) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 11079:2008 | |
| 10 | Workplace environment - cold microclimate | IREQmin index, IREQneutral index, twc index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 11079:2008 | ||
| 11 | Workplace environment - air | Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to: dust agents – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction organic substances, including – inhalable fraction inorganic substances – respirable fraction metals and their compounds, including – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | |
| 12 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | ||
| 13 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - inhalable fraction: Apatites and phosphorites Portland cement Titanium dioxide Natural graphite Synthetic graphite Kaolin Amorphous and synthetic silica Wood dusts Flour dusts Dusts not classified according to toxicity Organic dusts of animal and plant origin excluding wood and flour dusts, Calcium sulfate (VI) (gypsum) Carbon black Talc Coal (hard, brown) Calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) Silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range (0,08 – 17,01) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 14 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction: Apatites and phosphorites Portland cement Natural graphite Amorphous and synthetic silica Organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Talc Coal (hard, brown) Range (0,17 – 15,78) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 15 | Workplace environment - air | Carbon monoxide concentration Range (2,3 – 464) mg/m3 Range (2 – 400) ppm |
Electrochemical method | UOSP/B/7 wyd. nr 19 z dnia 28.04.2025 r. | |
| 16 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | UOSP/B/7 wyd. nr 19 z dnia 28.04.2025 r. | ||
| 17 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance Range (1 – 10 000) lx |
Direct measurement method | PN-83/E-04040.03 | |
| 18 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance uniformity (calculated) | PN-83/E-04040.03 | ||
| 19 | Workplace environment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level, Maximum A-weighted sound level, Range ( 35 – 136) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level, Range ( 35 – 140) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 - punkt 10 i 11 | |
| 20 | Workplace environment - noise | Noise exposure level referred to: an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated) |
PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 - punkt 10 i 11 | ||
Reference standards (16)
PN-83/E-04040.03
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN ISO 11079:2008
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
PN-EN ISO 7730:2006
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 - punkt 10 i 11
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04507:2022-05
PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05
PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
UOSP/B/7 wyd. nr 19 z dnia 28.04.2025 r.