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Velodrome Coffee
Far from the Madding Crowd: Founded in 2017 by Joshua and Angela Smith has since become Northern Michigan's homegrown college town coffee destination; recently setting up shop in the Van Pelt-Opie Library
Electrotechnology OEMS
In the consensus standards systems of the most advanced economies, the Producer Interest dominates standards setting because it builds the cost of its technology advocacy into the price of their product. Today at 16:00 UTC we examine the economic performance of the manufacturers with the largest footprint in electro-technologies that influence best practice discovery and promulgation in our domain. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
The Year Ahead 2026
Our annual retrospective recap and map of oncoming year priorities.
Electrical Safety
Can local electrical inspectors effectively "harrass" data center developers by red-tagging (i.e. rejecting) a data center's certificate of occupancy? Today we explore the possibilities embedded in the NFPA stack.
Quadrivium: Winter
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.
International Zoning Code
"The purpose of the code is to establish minimum requirements to provide a reasonable level of health, safety, property protection and welfare by controlling the design, location, use or occupancy of all buildings and structures through the regulated and orderly development of land and land uses within this jurisdiction...." Today we explore how data center antagonists use zoning codes to impede the rollout of artificial intelligence.
Hegemon Essex & Hauts-de-Seine Counties
Square D was founded in 1902 in Detroit, Michigan as fuse manufacturer McBride Manufacturing. In 1908 the company adopted the iconic "Square D" logo—a "D" in a square—reflecting its Detroit roots. Fast forward to 1991 when French multinational Groupe Schneider S.A. acquired Square D for $2.23 billion. We interact with its standard advocates on a near-daily basis; explained herein. Yesterday its stock price closed at ~ €235.25 on Paris Euronext. Its US Exchange ADR SBGSY closed at $55.64.
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).
Hegemon Cuyahoga & County Dublin
Here we shift our perspective 120 degrees to understand the point of view of one of several Producer interests in the American national standards system with a fortress balance sheet. The title of this post draws from the location of US and European headquarters. We list proposals by an electrical manufacturer claiming a part of the AI zeitgeist. The December 29 closing stock price of ETN ($321.45 per share) -- is below its July 30th yearly high of $399.56.