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“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
St Paul Lutheran School | Washtenaw County Michigan 734 -
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ALWAYS ON
“GV Brew”
As true in Western Michigan as anywhere else: You can bring the students to the coffee; or the coffee to the students. Located in the Mary Idema Pew Library.
Six Week Priority
For the entirety of March, and until April 9th, we focus on preparing response to proposed changes to the IEEE 2028 National Electrical Safety Code, and to prepare fresh new ideas for the 2028 NFPA National Electrical Code. Topics coverage normally scheduled for this time of year will be accessible but our daily online meetings will start with work on those two standards. To join the "code-writing and vote-getting" use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Ice Hockey Arena Lighting
Athletic programs form a large part of the brand identity and community spirit for most educational institutions. Our focus has been on technology standards that govern the safety, performance and sustainability of these enterprises; electro-technology in particular. Field lighting supports the commercial enterprise but we also advocate #TotalCostofOwnership concepts for the reliability of power systems for video board mass notification and egress.
Quadrivium: Spring
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Electric Service Metering & Billing
The University of Michigan collaborated with the Edison Electric Institute in harmonizing the fine points of electric service in the 2002 National Electrical Code and the 2002 National Electrical Safety Code. You see our influence in Figure 230.1 for whom much credit belongs to Neil LaBrake and John Troglia. Today we explore the 2026 National Electrical Code with special interest in solar power.
Campus Electric Bulk Distribution
College and university campuses distribute electric energy in tranches of 5 to 500 megawatts; typically at voltages above 1000 VAC and are generally regarded as load-side services. Part III of Article 110, large sections of Chapter 3 and Article 495 of the 2026 National Electrical Code. We examine them during today's colloquium on university-owned underground power distribution downstream from the merchant utility point of common coupling (service point).
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Community Risk Assessment
The (now sun-setted ) NFPA 1600 established a common set of criteria for all hazards disaster/emergency management and business continuity programs. Its content will be rolled into the new NFPA 1660; close-coupled with FEMA's National Incident Management System. Public consultation on the Second Draft of the 2028 Revision closes May 26, 2026,