TSE IEC Guide 109:1997

TSE IEC Guide 109:1997 is a guide for considering environmental aspects when preparing electrotechnical product standards. It provides a general framework for linking a product standard’s technical requirements with environmental considerations, helping writers address product performance, use, and environmental interaction in a coordinated way.

How environmental aspects fit into product standards

Electrotechnical products are closely connected to environmental concerns through material selection, energy use, service life, maintenance, repair, recycling, and end-of-life handling. In general technical terms, a guide of this kind supports standard developers in deciding where and how environmental issues may be taken into account within a product standard. It helps keep the treatment of environmental factors consistent alongside functional and performance-related requirements.

What this means in practice for electrotechnical standards

This document functions more as a methodological guide for standards writers than as a product standard with detailed test clauses for a specific item. In broader technical context, environmental aspects often relate to energy efficiency, material efficiency, sustainability, waste reduction, and the clear description of environmental performance. The guide therefore supports a more balanced standardization approach, where electrical and electronic products are considered not only for what they do, but also for how they affect the environment across their lifecycle.

This record is marked as a withdrawn standard, so it should be understood as a historical reference and a standards-writing guide.