Issues Streaming Now
International Energy Conservation Code
From our vantage the International Energy Conservation Code is one of the most widely studied codes in the land; driven by fierce economic and political agendas. Hearings on proposals begin April 28 - May 8 in Albuquerque. We encourage facility executives to fund the attendance by front line staff who have deep expertise in reconciling the competing requirements of safety and sustainability. @IEEECampus #StandardsNewMexico
Happening Soon: Building Code Public Hearings
The International Code Council Committee Action Hearings signals the beginning of a new (every three year) revision cycle for its Group B suite of consensus products. We encourage colleagues in the Albuquerque region to attend the hearings live. It you cannot, the ICC makes the proceeding accessible via live webcast linked here. #StandardsNewMexico, #StandardsVirginia, #Standards Maryland
Electric Vehicle Charging Proposals
We want to give electrical vehicle infrastructure safety and sustainability concepts a fair hearing. The education industry is the locus of a hopeful and ambitious generation of young people who want to contribute to the green agenda and to the electrotechnical transformation we call the emergent #SmartCampus. #StandardsNewMexico StandardsMichigan
Life Safety Code
You will find NFPA 101 at the foundation of almost all local and state public safety laws. It is widely incorporated by reference into public safety consensus documents of other code and standards developers. We find that a number of proposals directed at prevention and mitigation of active shooter incidents are tracking in the 2021 revision. [Comments are due May 8, 2019] #StandardsTexas
Standards Idaho
During 2019 we are rolling out our user-interest advocacy platform to school districts, colleges, universities and university-affiliated healthcare systems in all 50-states. To lower #TotalCostofOwnership for the emergent #SmartCampus every state will have to be managed according to its history, culture, governance regime, asset-base and network of expertise. #StandardsIdaho
Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals
Research universities are the source of almost all new knowledge. This document sets the standard for keeping the facilities needed to discover new knowledge safe and sustainable. There are six other universities identified as USER-INTERESTS so we do not lean too much into it; assuming these organizations are strong voices for risk-rationalization. Still we at least follow it. [Public is due January 6, 2021] #StandardsVirginia
Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
The ASHRAE committee writing standards for ventilation and indoor air quality has released 3 new addenda for public review. Proposed changes are important because they are referenced into ASHRAE 90.1 -- Energy Standard for Buildings -- and ASHRAE 90.1 is referenced into federal, state and local energy conservation laws. [Comments due May 6th] #StandardsKansas
National Electrical Safety Code
This IEEE "regulatory product" sets the standard of care for construction, operation and maintenance of power and telecommunication infrastructure and overlaps in significant areas with the National Electrical Code, a regulatory product developed by the National Fire Protection Association. We advocate in the NESC and collaborate closely with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee. [Comments on next revisions are due July 1, 2020] #StandardsNewJersey
2019 Student Paper Competition
The ANSI Committee on Education hosts a paper competition every year to raise awareness about the strategic importance of standards and conformance among U.S. undergraduate and graduate students. We see this competition as a way for the next generation of technical and business leaders to understand the lament of the user-interest in the global standards system and to, perhaps, discover a remedy. [The deadline for the 2019 Student Paper Competition is April 30, 2019]