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Kitchens 300
Large commercial kitchens common in school cafeterias, dormitories, sports venues and hospitals are monster energy loads. Today we update our understanding of codes, standards, guidelines and recent research into best practice discovery and promulgation.
Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution
Natural gas systems are deeply integrated into educational settlements: providing fuel to district energy plants, hospital backup power systems, hot water systems to residence halls and kitchens to name a few. The AGA catalog is fairly stable; reflected in the relative reliability of the US natural gas distribution network. The current edition of the parent AGA standard is dated 2024 and harmonizes with NFPA 54.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements are where people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. 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.
Commercial Kitchens
Commercial kitchens are efficient food preparation operations and are heavily regulated. Along with professional-grade equipment and ample space there are rigorous cleaning protocols and inspections of high-temperature equipment and ventilation systems. Consultation on the results of Group B Committee Action Hearings is open until January 5th.
Teaching Kitchen
"Welcome to our Dining Channel! You can look through and find various videos to enjoy! From our Coffee Talks featuring our Dietitian Paige Wagner with some of our Chefs discussing different food topics to even following along one of our Teaching Kitchen videos to make your own meal at the comfort of your own home!"
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). Next Tuesday we prepare proposals for Technical Committee CMP-2.
Ventilation for Commercial Cooking Operations
Kitchen cooking ranks high as the causes of fire hazard in the built environment. ASHRAE 154 provides design criteria for the performance of commercial cooking ventilation systems. Education communities have hundreds of food preparation enterprises in school districts, residence halls, hospitals and athletic venues. The stabilized version is dated 2022.