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Educational organization management systems
Since 2013 we have been following developments in an International Organization for Standardization committee: ISO 288 – Educational organizations management systems – Requirements with guidance for use; a committee spun off from the committee that develops the more widely known ISO 9000-family of quality management standards prepared for industries and global regulatory agencies. The global Secretariat is South Korea; with 40 participating member nations and 11 observing nations. It is noteworthy that the US education industry is not a participant in this global standard which will likely have implications for standards setting for all aspects of educational organizations including the management of Massive Open Online Courses which we have covered in previous posts.
Distance learning presents opportunities involving sustainability and the campus infrastructure. The environmental impacts of providing higher education courses by campus-based versus distance/online learning methods has been researched. A study by the Design Innovation Group, The Open University, UK found that distance learning higher education courses involved 87% less energy and 85% lower CO2 emissions than the full-time campus-based courses. Higher education facility professionals will need to remain cognizant about the changing landscape of higher education and the potential impact on sustainability and managing the physical environment.
Note that the United States is neither a participating nor an observing country.
Recent developments with ISO 288 include the evolution of the ISO 21001 management system standard to the Draft International Standard stage (news item:https://www.iso.org/news/
The ISO 288 Technical Programme Manager, Stefan Marinkovic, was one of the featured speakers at the American National Standards Institute’s annual Company Member Forum hosted at the University of Michigan on May 10-11th, 2016. For a review of Mr. Marinkovic’s presentation you may visit this link (Note that the link will take about 1 minute to load):
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Seoul National University
Issue: [13-100]. (Note that this project will be integrated into another, more general education management development standard).
Contact: Mike Anthony, Christine Fischer, Paul Green
Category: Academic Interest, Management, Finance & Administration, International Standards
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Energy Storage Systems & Equipment
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Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has launched a new revision cycle for its standard — UL 9540 Standard for Safety for Energy Storage Systems and Equipment — which sets the standard of care for energy storage systems that are intended to receive electric energy and then to store the energy in some form so that the energy storage system can provide electrical energy to loads or to the local/area electric power system up to the utility grid when needed. The list of proposed changes to the 2016 edition is lengthy and will be meaningful to electrical storage technologies specified, installed and operated in every industry:
(a) Addition of UL 1973 to Appendix A Component List
(b) Addition of ISO Functional safety standards,
(c) Revision of grounding and bonding system construction,
(d) Revision of the strength of enclosure walls and supports requirements,
(e) References to required signage and instructions,
(f) Deletion of nonmandatory language throughout standard,
(g) Revision of scope language for clarity,
(h) Revisions to the fire detection and suppression section,
(i) Proposed addition of new 32.4.6,
(j) Revision to mechanical tests for clarification,
(k) Clarification of 1.2,
(l) Revision of 6.4, harmonization with other existing standards,
(m) Enclosure materials for outdoor installations,
(n) Short circuit exposure evaluation,
(o) Clarification of scope,
(p) Clarifications of component and normative reference section,
(q) Clarification of corrosion requirements for enclosures,
(r) Revisions to make the use of term “energy storage system” consistent throughout entire standard,
(s) Clarification of instructions for worker safety,
(t) Revisions to clarify intent and application of 11.1 and 12.2,
(u) Clarifications of system requirements for where the system is installed,
(v) Clarification of the intended environment,
(w) Clarification of bonding and grounding requirements,
(x) Clarifications of 17.1 and 18.1,
(y) Clarification of 21.1,
(z) Clarification of 32.2.2,
(aa) Clarification of 40.4 and 40.5,
(ab) Clarification of 11.2,
(ac) Addition of requirements for residential ESS,
(ad) Addition of production checks on electronic controls,
(ae) Addition of requirements for quality control of production,
(af) Additional testing options,
(ag) Addition of a wall mount fixture test for wall-mounted ESS,
(ah) Addition of Normative Appendix D for alternative lead acid or ni-cad battery system evaluation,
(ai) Revision of 12.3 to add short circuit protection,
(aj) Addition of Informative Appendix E for Guidance on Capacity and Separation Distance Limits for ESS,
(ak) Addition of EMC testing,
(al) Revision of utility grid interaction reaction requirements,
(am) Clarification of the scope,
(an) Clarification of Vapor concentration requirements,
(ao) Addition of emergency contact marking,
(ap) Clarification of flame test surface area
aq) Addition of 8.2 and Appendix F 2, Revisions for electrochemical ESS above 20 kWh.
It is easier to work with the strike-and-bold version posted on ANSI’s website so you can see the changes in context. A new redline was released December 20th; linked below:
Comments due January 19th.
The UL landing page for public comment is linked below and where you may obtain an electronic copy for review.
UL Collaborative Standards Development System
Send comments (with optional copy to psa@ansi.org) to: Megan Van Heirseele, (847) 664-2881, Megan.M.VanHeirseele@ul.com.
Energy Storage System at the University of Birmingham / United Kingdom
We are happy to discuss this, and any standard any day at 11 AM Eastern time. We typically collaborate with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee on formulating comments on standards of this nature. We also set aside an hour every month dedicated to electrical and energy standards. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [19-143]
Category: Electrical, Energy
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Kane Howard, Glenn Keates, Jose Meijer
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UL 9540 Overview Energy Storage
IEEE 2030.2.1TM-2019, Guide for Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Battery Energy Storage Systems, both Stationary and Mobile, and Applications Integrated with Electric Power Systems
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