INTERNATIONAL METROLOGY 

COOPERATION IN SUPPORT OF 

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Claire Saundry

Director, Office of International and Academic Affairs

National Institute of Standards and Technology

SIM Project Coordinator
What Is Metrology

Metrology is:

• The science of weights and measurement embracing 

both experimental and theoretical determinations at 

any level of uncertainty in any field of science

• A system of weights and measures 

And it includes:

• National (National Metrology Institutes)

• Regional (Regional Metrology Organizations)

• Global (Treaty of the Meter) 
Sistema Interamericano de Metrología (SIM)

Vision: A representative, transparent, competent, 

and worldwide-recognized regional metrology 

organization.

Mission: To promote and support an integrated 

measurement infrastructure in the Americas which 

enables each member national measurement 

institute to stimulate innovation, competitiveness, 

trade, consumer safety and sustainable 

development by effectively participating in the 

international metrology community.

Values: Cooperation, competence, effectiveness, 

fairness, solidarity, transparency, efficiency and 

inclusion.

Membership: National Metrology Institutes 

(NMIs) in 34 nations in the Americas

International Role: Regional Metrology 

Organization (RMO) for the Western Hemisphere
Current SIM Projects/Support

Organization of American States (OAS)

• Advancing Metrology for Sustainable Energy Technologies and 

the Environment in the Western Hemisphere

• Advancing Metrology for Energy Efficient Measurements and 

Compliance in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

• Strengthening National Metrology Institutes in the Hemisphere, 

in support of Emerging Technologies 

• National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) 

• Capacity Building and Research Exchanges

German Development Fund/Physikalisch-Technische

Bundesanstalt (PTB) 

• Quality Infrastructure (QI) for Renewable Energy Sources and 

Energy Efficiency

• Develop QI Service for Biodiversity and Climate Change

• Promoting Innovation in the Green Economy by including QI
Argentina - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología 

Industrial 

Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards 

Bahamas Ministry of Lands and Local 

Government

Barbados National Standards Institution

Belize Bureau of Standards

Bolivia - Instituto Boliviano de Metrología

Brazil - Instituto Nactional de Metrologia, 

Qualidade e Tecnologia 

Canada – National Research Council

Chile - Instituto Nacional de Normalización 

Colombia - Instituto Nacional de Metrología de 

Colombia 

Costa Rica Laboratorio Costarricense de 

Metrología 

Dominica Bureau of Standards 

Dominican Republic Dirección General de 

Normas y Sistemas de Calidad 

Ecuador - Instituto Ecuatoriano de 

Normalizacion 

El Salvador - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia 

y Tecnología 

Grenada Bureau of Standards 

Guatemala Centro Nacional de Metrología 

Guyana Bureau of Standards 

Haiti - Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Honduras - Centro Hondureño de Metrologia

Jamaica Bureau of Standards

Mexico - Centro Nacional de Metrologia

Nicaragua - Laboratorio Nacional de 

Metrologia 

El Centro Nacional de Metrología 

de Panamá 

Paraguay Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia y 

Normalizacion

Peru Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la 

Competencia y de la Proteccion de la 

Propiedad Intelectual 

Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards

St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards 

St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Government of 

Saint Vincent 

Suriname Metrology Unit

Trindidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards

USA - National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Venezuela Servicio Autonomo de 

Normalizacion Calidad y Metrologia #

Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay

# Inactive

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