ALWAYS ON
Global Café
Built within the 2019 Humanities and Social Studies Center renovation the Administration named its on-campus café the "Global Café" to reflect its menu of internationally inspired foods and drinks while advancing the school's commitment to global awareness and cultural exchange in a small Iowa town. Not a lot of art in the name. USA college marketing departments, generally, persist in the hard sell of "globalism" to stay in business.
Rain & Lightning
"The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
Flood Abatement Equipment
Seasonal severe weather usually spawns floods and inspire a revisit of relevant codes and standards for mitigating water damage. FM Global, an accredited standards developer, has posted updates of its flood management data sheets; available to the public for free.
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Lightning Protection Systems
Seasonal weather patterns inspire a revisit of lightning protection standards in the United States. While the wiring "technicals" in NFPA 780 are stable it is time we update our understanding of best practice with special attention to campus chapels and outdoor athletic events. Public comment on the First Draft of the 2029 Edition will be received until June 2, 2027.
Sport Scoreboards
Building, operating, and maintaining athletic scoreboards is an integration of a span technologies, including hardware and software components. These are central features in nearly every athletic event, governing the state of play and attendee response. Join us today at the usual time when we review best practice literature.
2029 National Electrical Code Panel 3
Today at the usual hour we sort through new proposals covering power-limited circuits with particular interest in applicability in data centers.