“They serve fish here with a side of potatoes so greasy you could lubricate a steamboat with them. I asked for a fork, and they laughed me out of the pub.”-- Mark Twain ('A Tramp Abroad' 1880)
Today we refresh our understanding of the literature that guides the safety and sustainability goals of lively arts in educational settlements. Consortia have evolved quickly in recent years, leading and lagging changes in the content creation and delivery domain. With this evolution a professional discipline has emerged that requires training and certification in the electrotechnologies that contribute to "event safety"; among them:
The Entertainment Services and Technology Association is one of the first names in trade associations that support the 'business of show business' through networking, safe practices, education, and representation. Consultation on ES1.9 Crowd Management runs through August 25th. Redline linked here.
Education communities have an outsized share of performance theaters, lecture halls, stadiums, massive open online curricula production centers, and virtual reality learning centers that depend upon effective audio systems that are electro-technologically complex. Moreover, interoperability challenges emerge almost immediately when events are moved between venues.
Educational settlements are the closest many people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles are unstable, time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We explore the action continuously; assign priorities, then schedule a separate teleconference to formulate responses to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR.
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Next: Approval by the NFPA Standards Council for release of the 2026 National Electrical Code this week at the Annual Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. IEEE Release of the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code on July 1. Sorting the electrotechnology concepts appearing in the recent release of the International Code Council's "Group B Complete Monograph" ahead of the follow up meetings in Cleveland in October.
From from time to time -- particularly in the months of fairer weather, when many events are hosted outdoors -- we break form from the daily grind of responding to public commenting opportunities to simply enjoy these spaces
We will sort through the results of last month's standardization action as it applies to health care facilities -- with particular interest in maternity and neo-natal intensive care technologies -- ahead of the follow up technical meetings in Cleveland in October. Today we examine the back and forth on solar and wind farms located on actual animal, produce and grain farms. Many educational settlements are co-located on these convergent enterprises.