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CROSQ Releases New Energy Efficiency Standards Developed in Collaboration with the International Code Council and ASHRAE

The International Code Council, ASHRAE, the CARICOM Secretariat Energy Unit and the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) announced today the release of new standards for energy efficient buildings for its Member States. The 2018 CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Building Code (CREEBC), which will cover both commercial and...

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Improving Building Quality With Certified Clay Blocks

Quality building products can prevent undesirable occurrences which can affect our homes, offices, health and well-being. This is particularly important in our country which is under the constant threat of earthquakes and hurricanes.  In Trinidad and Tobago, clay blocks are popularly used in residential and commercial construction.   Due to its...

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Closure of Office: Carnival Monday and Tuesday

The public is hereby notified that the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards will be closed for business on the following days: Monday 4th March, 2019 Tuesday 5th March, 2019 We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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Stakeholder Meeting: Hollow Clay Blocks

All interested parties including Manufactures, Retailers and Users of Hollow Clay Blocks, are invited to attend a National Stakeholder Meeting on the implementation of an enforcement programme for the National Compulsory Standard TTS 588:2015.

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Tobago’s Tourist Taxi Drivers/Operators Seek To Improve Visitor Experience

In an attempt to improve the visitor experience to the unspoiled island of Tobago, The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), in collaboration with the Tobago Tourism Agency Limited (TTAL), held a Stakeholder Sensitization Session for Tourist Taxi Drivers/Operators, to discuss their role in relation to the reimplementation of...

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TTBS Conducts Fuel Verification Exercise at NP Service Stations

On Wednesday 13th February, 2019 Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), launched the Fuel Verification Exercise, at the Trinidad and Tobago National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (NP) Service Station, located at Munroe Road, Charlieville. This verification launch came subsequent to a similar exercise conducted at UNIPET Service Station at...

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Free Online Measurement Uncertainty Course Available Now!

As TTBS prepares for the 2019 celebration of World Metrology Day on 20th May with the theme “ The International System of Units Fundamentally Better” ,the Metrology Division at TTBS  would like to share with our Laboratory and Academic Community an online technical programme  on measurement uncertainty commencing  March 26...

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