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Cold Chain Logistics
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S. 4261: SCHOOL Act
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Efficient Use of Water in Buildings
Student Art: “Water is Precious” 2012 / R.A. Karishka
The American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers collaborates with the American Water Works Association, the American Society of Plumbing Engineers and the US Green Building Council on the development of a consensus document (ASHRAE/ASPE/AWWA 191P) that contributes to lower #TotalCostofOwnership in education communities; thus our interest.
The purpose of this collaborative best practice project is:
• Provide baseline requirements for the design of mechanical systems that minimize the volume of water required to operate HVAC systems.
• Balance environmental responsibility, resource efficiency, process efficacy, and community sensitivity.
• Support the goal of the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
A live public consultation opportunity was identified by our tracking algorithm. The public review draft is available at this link:
BSR/ASHRAE/ASPE/AWWA 191P: Standard for the Efficient Use of Water in Building Mechanical Systems
Comments are due September 27th.
You may comment directly at the portal linked below:
ASHRAE Online Standards Actions & Public Review Drafts.
We hold all ASHRAE standards on the standing agenda of our Water, Energy and Mechanical teleconferences. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: 17-230
Category: Water, Plumbing
Colleagues: Richard Robben, Larry Spielvogel
Rainwater Catchment Systems 400
“Hanging Gardens of Babylon”
Earlier this year American Society of Plumbing Engineers released public review draft of its consensus product — ASPE 63 Rainwater Catchment Systems. The scope of this standard covers requirements for the design and installation of rainwater catchment systems that utilize the principle of collecting and using precipitation from a rooftop and other hard, impervious building surfaces. This standard does not apply to the collection of rainwater from vehicular parking or other similar surfaces.
Click on the link below to view the redline regarding U.S. EPA Guide Standard and Protocol for Testing Microbiological Water Purifiers or to NSF Protocol P231.
That is all we see from ASPE on this and other standards; most likely owing to the pandemic. ASPE typically posts its redlines in ANSI Standards Action and on the landing page for its standards development enterprise:
Note that many of its products are co-developed with NSF International, IAPMO and the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, among others. It is noteworthy that ASPE provides a detailed description of the User Interest; which enlightens understanding of the lamentable presence of the User Interest, thus the raison d’être of Standards Michigan.
University of Warsaw Rooftop Rain Garden
We place the ASPE suite on the standing agenda of our monthly Water teleconferences. See our CALENDAR about when and how to log in; always open to everyone.
Issue: [13-61]
Category: Water, Mechanical
Colleagues: Jack Janveja, Richard Robben, Larry Spielvogel
Study of District and School Uses of Federal Education Funds
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Data in Commerce, Industry & Administration
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Minutes from Yesterday’s Meeting
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Framework of Blockchain Use in Internet of Things
Johannes Vermeer, View of Delft (Mauritshuis, The Hague) 1660-1661
The use of blockchain technology for Internet of Things (IoT) enables decentralized, autonomous communication (peer-to-peer, consumer-to-machine, machine-to-machine) without the need for a trusted intermediary. These intermediaries exist in nearly every dimension of the education industry even though we may only be hardly aware of them. Energy and municipal bond markets (that finance building construction and operation) are only two examples of spaces characterized by the presence of multiple intermediaries.
The need for standards that offer a protocol, common vernacular and support interoperability between blockchain platforms is gathering pace and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is a natural home for them; though there is already significant competition among legacy standards developers; especially those financed by incumbent stakeholders. Apart from the market-making among incumbents that is a natural part of the innovation cycle standardization of a framework for blockchain use in IoT will provide a base common understanding enabling innovation in IoT markets.
The IEEE 2418 group of standards provide a common framework for blockchain usage, implementation, and interaction in IoT applications. Standard P2418.1 is the parent standard for the following spin-off standards which should interest @StandardsMich followers:
P2418.3 – Standard for the Framework of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Use in Agriculture
P2418.5 – Standard for Blockchain in Energy
P2418.7 – Standard for the Use of Blockchain in Supply Chain Finance
The framework contemplated in the P2418-suite addresses scalability, security and privacy challenges with regard to blockchain in IoT. Blockchain tokens, smart contracts, transaction, asset, credentialed network, permissioned IoT blockchain, and permission-less IoT blockchain are included in the framework. We start with foundational standard P2418.1 – Standard for the Framework of Blockchain Use in Internet of Things
P2418.1 is currently under development and, according to the IEEE Standards Association consensus product development process, will reach a milestone at the end of December 2021. At the moment we are following but not actively participating on the committee because we are watching action in the competitive landscape among legacy accredited standards developers as well as emergent, open-source standards developers. If you would like to participate in the development of the IEEE 2418 suite the IEEE contact person is Philip Wennblom (wennblom@ieee.org).
Whatever we do will be coordinated with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee which meets online 4 times monthly in European and American time zones. We also include this standard on our Blockchain Standards teleconferences. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting.
Issue: [17-352]
Category: Blockchain, Energy, Finance & Management, Information & Communications Technology
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Jack Janveja
LEARN MORE:
Standing Agenda / Blockchain
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