ISO TS 37151-2015 PDF

Full title and description

ISO/TS 37151:2015 — Smart community infrastructures — Principles and requirements for performance metrics. This Technical Specification defines principles and specifies requirements for the definition, identification, optimization and harmonization of performance metrics for community infrastructures (energy, water, transport, waste, ICT, etc.), and gives recommendations for analysis including smartness, interoperability, synergy, resilience, safety and security of community infrastructures.

Abstract

ISO/TS 37151:2015 provides a framework for selecting and applying performance metrics (including KPIs) for community infrastructure systems so communities can plan, commission, manage and assess infrastructure performance in a harmonized way. It addresses metric definition, identification, optimization and harmonization, and recommends approaches to analyse aspects such as smartness, interoperability, synergy, resilience, safety and security. The guidance is applicable to communities of any size but leaves metric selection and priority to the characteristics and needs of each community.

General information

• Status: Withdrawn — superseded by ISO 37151:2024.
• Publication date: May 2015 (ISO/TS 37151:2015).
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• ICS / categories: 13.020.20 (Environmental economics. Sustainability).
• Edition / version: Edition 1 — Technical Specification (ISO/TS 37151:2015).
• Number of pages: 57 pages (ISO metadata for the 2015 Technical Specification).

Scope

Provides principles and requirements for developing and applying performance metrics for community infrastructures. Covers metric definition, identification, optimisation and harmonisation and offers recommendations for analysis across domains such as energy, water, transport, waste and ICT. Intended to support planning, procurement, management and assessment activities for communities of any size; metric choice and prioritization depend on each community’s characteristics.

Key topics and requirements

• Principles for definition and identification of infrastructure performance metrics.
• Requirements and guidance for optimizing and harmonizing metrics across community infrastructure domains.
• Recommendations for analysing metrics with emphasis on smartness, interoperability, synergy, resilience, safety and security.
• Structured coverage of community needs through categorized metric areas (ISO communications around the TS highlight a multi‑category approach — ISO commentary notes 14 categories of basic community needs used to measure smart community infrastructure performance).
• Guidance intended for practical use in planning, procurement and performance comparison of proposals for infrastructure improvements (note: the TS gives principles and recommendations rather than prescriptive measurement, reporting or verification procedures).

Typical use and users

Used by community and city managers, municipal and regional authorities, infrastructure owners and operators, planners, development agencies, investors and consultants to define and harmonize KPIs and performance metrics for smart community projects, to support procurement evaluation and to inform planning and resilience strategies.

Related standards

Part of the ISO series on sustainable and smart community infrastructure. Key related standards include ISO 37151’s 2024 revision (ISO 37151:2024) which supersedes the 2015 Technical Specification, and other ISO documents in the ISO 371xx family (for example ISO 37120 and ISO 37150) and related guidance on community sustainability and resilience. Users commonly cross‑reference ISO 37101, ISO 37120 and ISO/TR 37150 when developing community metrics and assessment approaches.

Keywords

smart community infrastructures; performance metrics; KPIs; smartness; interoperability; resilience; sustainability; community infrastructure; energy; water; transport; waste; ICT.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO/TS 37151:2015 is a Technical Specification that defined principles and requirements for performance metrics for smart community infrastructures (energy, water, transport, waste, ICT, etc.). It provided guidance on metric definition, identification, optimisation and harmonization.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers the principles and requirements for developing and applying performance metrics and offers recommendations for analysis in areas such as smartness, interoperability, synergy, resilience, safety and security; it is intended to help communities plan, procure and assess infrastructure performance.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: City and community managers, government officials, infrastructure owners and operators, planners, development agencies, consultants and investors — anyone responsible for planning, procuring or assessing community infrastructure performance.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: ISO/TS 37151:2015 has been withdrawn and superseded by ISO 37151:2024 (the new International Standard published in September 2024). Users needing current normative requirements and clarifications should refer to ISO 37151:2024.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it is part of ISO’s family of documents on sustainable and smart community infrastructure (the ISO 371xx series). Practitioners commonly use it alongside ISO 37101, ISO 37120, ISO/TR 37150 and related guidance.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Smart community infrastructures, performance metrics, KPIs, smartness, interoperability, resilience, sustainability, community infrastructure.