The Illumination Engineering Society (IES) is one of the first names in non-profit trade associations whose consensus documents are heavily referenced in the specifications of building construction projects for the US education industry. We are following developments in a few technical committees put together by the IES who set the standard of care for illumination technologies by integrating leading practice consensus in other consensus documents developed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (whose interest lies in leveling the playing field for its member manufacturers), the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (whose interest lies in the research activity), ASHRAE International. (whose interest lies in energy conservation), and NFPA International (whose interest lies in fire safety of lighting systems within building premises). There are a number of other trade associations that are participants in research and open source standards for faster moving parts of the illumination science. We will cover these in future posts.
For the moment, action in technical committee that develops definitions and nomenclature for lighting systems in all industries — ANSI/IES RP-16-10 Nomenclature and Definitions for Illuminating Engineering — has released a redline for public review:
ANSI Standards Action – January 5, 2018 – Pages 28-32
Comments are due February 4, 2018. You are encouraged to send comments directly to IES (with copy to psa@ansi.org) c/o pmcgillicuddy@ies.org. Application information to participate in the IES process is available at this link: https://www.ies.org/standards/technical-committees/
We will place this on the agenda of our next Open Door teleconference (every Wednesday, 11:00 AM Eastern) which is open to everyone with the login information below:
Issue: [15-236]
