ALWAYS ON
Cold Brew
Between Einstein’s, the Billy Goat and two Starbucks locations, there is no shortage of coffee at the University of Miami. But there’s only one option that serves it from a bike. Students can spot the BrewBike stand parked outside the Merrick Building, where customers are served cold brew coffee and tea as they walk to class.
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Electrical engineers know that it is unwise to imagine a totally electric mobility system in the mind's eye of incumbents, policy makers trendsniffers. That does not mean that, as licensed professionals, we cannot positively respond to the demand for more electric mobility on campuses and within school districts. Today we run through current codes, standards and guides to make that power supply chain safe and sustainable.
2029 National Electrical Code Panel 12
Ahead of the September-October First Draft Meetings in Redondo Beach California, we sort through the proposals related to electric vehicle safety and sustainability.
Electric Vehicle Charging
Spirited debate on this topic happens in the International Building Code Chapters 4 & 11 and in the International Energy Conservation Code Appendices RE and CG. We track standardization action through federal, state and local energy and mobility regulations.
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.
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Study
We present two research reports funded by the Michigan Office of Future Mobility & Electrification to inform the build out of charging infrastructure for the State of Michigan. Technical standards are stable. Unresolved "standards" are the policies, accounting practices, procurement models, utility tariffs, and governance frameworks that determine whether EV infrastructure remains a mission-supporting asset or a long-term financial liability.
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.
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.