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“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
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"Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness." -- Thomas Hardy (Far from the Madding Crowd, 1874)
University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia County 215
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The Common Cup
Open every day since 2007: offering locally sourced coffee, teas, baked goods, and a welcoming space for studying or events. Across Linden Street from First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Angell Elementary School and footsteps away from Chi Omega and seven other sororities and fraternity houses on the oddly-shaped lot bounded by South University. Washtenaw and Hill Streets.
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.
Data Center Wiring
Data centers are the beating heart of education settlements. Medium sized installations with 100-500-odd racks require 100-200 miles of wire and 50-100 miles of fiber. We coordinate writing the wiring safety regulations for data centers with the Joint IEEE Industrial Applications and Power & Energy Societies. Public input for the 2029 Revision will be received until April 9, 2026.
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.
2029 National Electrical Code Panel 3
The University of Michigan has supported the voice of the United States education facility industry since 1993 -- the second longest tenure of any voice in the United States. That voice has survived several organizational changes but remains intact and will continue its Safer-Simpler-Lower Cost-Longer Lasting advocacy on Code Panel 3 in the 2029 Edition. Public Input will be received until April 9, 2026.
English for Technical Professionals
Common-Core English prevalent in the Anglosphere -- and standardized in the American Midwest - must remain the Language of the World Wide Web and all Large Language Models. A 14-hour online learning program designed to provide non-native English speakers with a working knowledge of English techniques and vocabulary that are essential for working in today’s global technical workplace.
NESC & NEC Cross-Code Correlation
This post links to workspaces for drafting a detailed response to our most recent proposals. Open public consultation on the 2028 revision to the IEEE National Electrical Safety Code is very compressed -- only 90 days are open for a standard that is revised every 5 years. Public consultation on the First Draft of the 2028 NESC is open until March 26, 2026.
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).