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Today we run a status check on public consultations on best practice titles that set the standard of care for risk management in the education facility industry; including university-affiliated healthcare enterprises.
Open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Some of topics we cover are listed below:
Security standards (alarms, signaling, human resources, etc.)
Property loss prevention standards
Third party use of education facilities
Athletic and recreational program risk
OSHA regulations (electrical, fall, confined space risk, etc.)
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A ward of the hospital at Scutari where Florence Nightingale worked and helped to restructure the modern hospital
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering is funding a second phase of an NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation project to support development of future revisions to the National Electrical Code. The first phase of this project, titled Evaluation of Electrical Feeder and Branch Circuit Loading Study, was completed in 2017 and has been covered in previous posts (CLICK HERE).
Even though the results of the Phase 2 will not be available until after the 2020 NEC is published, the results of the Phase I study have already put NFPA 70 committees on notice that closing the divergence between observed electrical loading and the loading required by the NEC for fire safety reasons must narrow — for both safety and sustainability reasons — in future revisions; with healthcare facilities among the highest priority facility class.
For more specific information about how to contribute to the Electrical Safety Research Advisory Committee, or to participate, please feel free to communicate directly with Casey Grant (cgrant@nfpa.org).
We coordinate our advocacy in each of the NFPA 70-series of documents with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee which meets 4 times per month in European and American time zones. We also devote an two hours every month to sweep through the status of all Electrical Power and Telecomunications codes and standards. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [16-111]
Category: Electrical, Public Safety, Risk Management
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Larry Ayers, Chad Beebe, Jonathan Flannery, Casey Grant, Jim Harvey, Christel Hunter, David Hittinger, Daleep Mohla, Dev Paul
Abstract: Over the last two decades, electrification has gained importance as a means to decarbonise the transport sector. As the number of Electric Vehicles (EVs) increases, it is important to consider broader system aspects as well, especially when deciding the type, coverage, size and location of the charging infrastructure required. This article proposes a new approach using agent-based simulations to assess the impact that different system parameters have on the total energy consumption, the charging infrastructure needs or the overall system cost for all electromobility related technologies. To demonstrate the capabilities of this approach, five potential future scenarios for charging infrastructure deployment are analyzed, assuming that all long-distance transport in Sweden is electrified. For each of the scenarios the total energy consumed and the charging infrastructure needs are assessed. Finally, the cost associated with the electromobility related technology in each scenario is estimated. The results show that the lowest system cost corresponds to a scenario with Electric Road Systems (ERS) widely available to all vehicle types, mostly due to the potential reduction of their battery pack. However, such scenario may incur in a higher overall energy consumption, if the drivers decide to alter their routes to use the ERS, thus avoiding stopping for charging.
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