S. 5137: Rural Internet Improvement Act

“The Conquest of Energy” / José Chávez Morado / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Since about 2003 the National Fire Protection Association has invested in a consensus product that competes with other ANSI accredited standards developing organizations to secure a footprint in the energy conservation space:  NFPA 900 Building Energy Code.  Use of the word “code” in its title is significant.   It means that NFPA 900 has been written to be incorporated by reference into federal, state and local energy conservation legislation.

From the NFPA 900 prospectus:

These regulations shall control the minimum energy-efficient requirements for the following:

(1) The design, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, demolition, removal, inspection, issuance, and revocation of permits or licenses, installation of equipment related to energy conservation in all buildings and structures and parts thereof

(2) The rehabilitation and maintenance of construction related to energy efficiency in existing buildings

(3) The standards or requirements for materials to be used in connection therewith.

Sound familiar?  At the very least, NFPA 900 fills out the 300+ consensus product offerings of the NFPA.  A brief reading of NFPA 900 reveals that it references consensus products by the ICC, ASHRAE and other ANSI-accredited standards developers.   The public input deadline passed in January 2020.   The public input report will be posted no later than September 10th.   A first reading, available to registered NFPA-access members, reveals little new content.

Public input on the 2025 revision is receivable until January 5, 2023.

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University of California Merced Power Plant

Issue: [6-5] [12-79]

Category: Public Safety, Risk Management, #SmartCampus

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Richard Robben

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