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Kitchens 100

June 22, 2023
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“The Crèche” 1890 Albert Anker

Owing to the complexity of the domain, starting 2023 we will break down the standards for education community safety and sustainability into two separate colloquia — Kitchens 100, Kitchenettes 200,  and Kitchens 300.

Kitchens 100 will deal with fire safety and ventilation

Kitchenettes 200 will deal with small multi-appliance installations in commercial occupancies; typical in education communities

 Kitchens 300 will deal with sustainability criteria.  Kitchens 100 will deal primarily safety.

Today we explain the results of our status check on kitchen safety literature; starting with US-based standards developers; among them:

3-A Sanitary Standards

American Gas Association

AGA Response to The Atlantic Article about Natural Gas Cooking

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

ASHRAE International

Ventilation for Commercial Cooking Operations

ASTM International

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Noteworthy Research:

Design Application of Smart Kitchen for Aging Based on Interactive Behavior Analysis

IAPMO International

Prefabricated Gravity Grease Interceptors

International Code Council

National Fire Protection Association

National Electrical Code

Standard for the Installation of Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems

NSF International

The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

We will also review federal and state-level regulatory action.   Open to everyone.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Related:

Ohio State University: Building Steam Systems and Utilization Design Criteria

Kitchen Flooring Standards

How You Can Help Earthquake Victims and Families in Turkey and Syria

Lighting Theatre & Auditorium Spaces

June 21, 2023
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Heritage Christian School Indiana

With illumination technology an essential part of the safety of audiences and subjects, and the quality and character of art and entertainment events, we follow best practice titles published by the Illumination Engineering Society; its library linked below:

IES Lighting Library

Anyone who has ever purchased a ticket for a Broadway (New York) performance event, may understand (in dollar terms), the complexity of these events and the transfer cost to design, build, operate and maintain the complex electrotechnologies that make them successful.  We see many changes to the firmware governing event technologies crossing our radar.

The IES has a number of titles of a general nature that are consulted routinely in education communities; among them the American National Standard Practice on Lighting for Educational Facilities.   We find them incorporated by reference into design guidelines and construction contracts; especially The Lighting Handbook, 10th Edition.

Our interest today lies in IES DG-20 Stage Lighting – A Guide to Planning of Theatres and Auditoriums. updated to add content for stage lighting controls; interfacing with networks, house light design, control, and performance including emergency lighting, stage worklight and cue light systems; LED and automated stage lighting instruments; power distribution for stage and house lighting systems; and future proofing systems.  A related title — IES RP-41 Recommended Practice: Lighting Theater, Auditorium, and Worship Spaces — also noteworthy for its applicability in other cultural occupancies in education communities

There are no live consultations in the IES bibliography for either of these titles at the moment.  When there are you may find them at the link below.

IES Standards Open for Public Review

We always encourage our colleagues to participate directly in the IES standards development process.  CLICK HERE to get started.  You may also communicate directly with IES staff about securing the review drafts (Contact Albert Suen, [email protected]).

Because of the ubiquity of lighting technology IES titles are on the standing agenda of several of our periodic teleconferences — Power, Healthcare, Sport and Lively Art colloquia.   We collaborate closely with experts on the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee.   See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.

Issue: [14-110]

Category: Electrical, Arts & Entertainment, Lighting

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Kane Howard


LEARN MORE:

Pennsylvania State University Engineering Student Thesis on Auditorium Lighting

Data Point: College Town Demographics

June 20, 2023
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It is well-documented that in the United States, there is a correlation between areas with colleges or universities and a higher likelihood of voting for Democratic candidates. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon:

  1. Youth vote: College towns typically have a higher concentration of young people who tend to lean more towards progressive or Democratic policies.

“Progressive” is a misnomer.  Weimer Germany was progressive.  Eugenics, promoted by Margaret Sanger, is also “progressive”.  The word progressive is not progressive at all if you are serious about living in peace in a civilized culture.

2. Education levels: Counties with colleges and universities often have higher levels of education, and education has been shown to be positively correlated with Democratic voting patterns.Students are not taught the founding principles about the United States cultural and economic success.

  1. Gender: About 2/3rds of women of voting age vote for Democrat candidates who tend to support expanded social services.
  2. Diversity and openness: College towns and campuses tend to be more diverse and open-minded, which aligns with Democratic values and policies.There is no diversity of thought; only diversity of complexion
  3. Research and funding: Universities often rely on federal research funding, and Democratic policies may be seen as more supportive of funding for education and research.

That’s for sure.  The larger the university research funding, the more virulent the community.

  1. Urban vs. rural divide: Colleges and universities are more likely to be found in urban or suburban areas, which generally lean more Democratic, while rural areas tend to lean more Republican.

The rural divide hews to belief in personal responsibility, limited government, fiscal conservatism and no infanticide.  Urban dwellers believe quite the opposite.  Not only that, they are inured to facts and reason.  Urban dwellers resemble a tribe, with a likely genetic connection to packs of hyenas.

It’s important to note that these are general trends, and there can be significant variations between different regions and specific colleges or universities.

For up-to-date and more specific research on this topic, you may refer to recent studies or analyses conducted by political scientists, research institutions, or polling organizations. Academic journals and reputable news sources may also have in-depth analyses of voting patterns in relation to education and geographic location.

 

Half the US population lives in the red counties, the other half in the gray counties. Draw your own conclusions.

Control of Noise at Work

June 20, 2023
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The Control of Noise at Work Regulations came into force for all industry sectors in Great Britain on 6 April 2006 (except for the music and entertainment sectors where they came into force on 6 April 2008).  The aim of the Noise Regulations is to ensure that workers’ hearing is protected from excessive noise at their place of work, which could cause them to lose their hearing and/or to suffer from tinnitus (permanent ringing in the ears).

The level at which employers must provide hearing protection and hearing protection zones is 85 dB(A) (daily or weekly average exposure) and the level at which employers must assess the risk to workers’ health and provide them with information and training is 80 dB(A). There is also an exposure limit value of 87 dB(A), taking account of any reduction in exposure provided by hearing protection, above which workers must not be exposed.

Standards impact industrial growth

 

Electric Vehicle Open Charge Point Protocol

June 20, 2023
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Technische Universität Dortmund

Evaluation of OCPP and IEC 61850 for smart charging electric vehicles

 

Jens SchmutzlerChristian Wietfeld

Dortmund University of Technology, Communication Networks Institute

EURISCO Research & Development, Odense, Denmark

 

Abstract: Interoperability of charging infrastructures is a key success factor for E-Mobility. Standards like ISO/IEC 15118 and IEC 61851-1 are developed to ensure base level interoperability of front-end communication and signaling processes for smart charging between electric vehicles and charge spots. With the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) a forum of European industry members also moves towards a common back-end protocol for charge spots intending to reduce and secure overall investment costs. However, in the current form OCPP lacks means for enabling grid services based on smart charging. In this paper the authors provide a review of today’s state of the art in ISO/IEC standardization of the V2G Interface and furthermore detail how OCPP could leverage existing standardization efforts for grid automation from IEC 61850 in order to overcome its shortcomings.

 

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Narrowband Application in Intelligent Fire Protection System

June 19, 2023
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Application of NB-IoT in Intelligent Fire Protection System

Tianxiang Li and Ping Hou

School of Information and Communication, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China

NB-IoT refers to a cellular-based narrowband Internet of Things, which has become an important part of the Internet of Things. NB-IoT is a new technology emerging in the field of Internet of Things in recent years. It has obvious advantages in technology and application. In addition, the application of narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology in the field of fire protection can fundamentally enhance the combat capability of fire fighting forces, avoid fire and reduce the loss of life and property of the people. This thesis analyses and introduces an intelligent fire-fighting system based on the new industry standard, and a smoke-fire detection and alarm device based on the Internet of Things (IoT) platform and Nb-IoT technology. It also puts forward corresponding solutions to the problem of smart smoke, such as the value, advantages and future expectations of the solution.

 

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Fire Alarm & Signaling Code

Cool Summer Pasta Salad

June 18, 2023
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