Issues Streaming Now
Electrical Safety in the Workplace
With the release of the 2020 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) earlier this week we now turn our attention to a related NFPA consensus product: NFPA 70E. Its technical committees writing the 2021 edition meet in Indianapolis July 16-18. [Comments on those decisions are due February 19, 2020] #StandardsIndiana
Campus Outdoor Lighting
Pedestrian pathway lighting on educational campuses are an important element in the physical fabric within the campus and along its perimeter. We collaborate with the IEEE to discover and promulgate leading practice for the safety and sustainability of these systems across the full span of their lifecycle. [The campus outdoor lighting working group meets online again July 18th] @IEEECampus #StandardsMassachusetts
Designing Lighting for People and Buildings
The Illumination Engineering Society has posted a public commenting opportunity on a revision to one of its core consensus products. Its title speaks for itself. [Comments are due July 29th] #StandardsNewYork
Classroom Acoustics
With acoustic considerations a signature feature in many classes of education facilities -- classrooms, lecture hall, performance arts and athletic venues, etc. -- we follow action in the Acoustical Society of America suite of ANSI-accredited consensus products. ASA has released public review draft of a revision to its standards for classrooms and gymnasia. [Comments are due July 22nd]
Building Automation & Control Networks
This consensus product defines data communication services and protocols for computer equipment used for monitoring and control of HVAC&R and other building systems found in most school districts, colleges and universities. ASHRAE has released three new addenda to facilitate the emergent #SmartCampus. [Comments are due August 5th] #StandardsGeorgia
Standards Colorado
During 2019 we are rolling out our user-interest collaboration architecture 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. #StandardsColorado
International Energy Conservation Code / Electrical Power
The results of the Committee Action Hearings in Albuquerque last month are now available. We have identified twenty proposals that will affect the safety and sustainability agenda of the education facilities industry. We will coordinate our response with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee. [Comments are due July 24th] #StandardsNevada
Building Electrical Wiring Based on Microsystem Criteria
Significant changes to the wiring tables of Chapter 3 in the 2020 National Electrical Code inspires reflection upon how the ampacity tables were determined in the first place -- and how the science underlying them can and should be revisited if we are serious about lowering first cost and saving energy.
Service requirements for distance learning
We follow the gathering pace of international distance learning enterprises with particular interest in its technical foundation for quality and availability. ITU Recommendation F.742 provides the service description and the requirements for distance learning services. This Recommendation is intended to support the multimedia framework for distance learning services. @IEEECampus