IES TM-BIM- Lighting Practice: Building Information Management (new standard)
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr648/BILLS-116hr648pcs.pdf
Standards Hawaii
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“Diamond Head, Honolulu” (1888) / Edward Clifford
As we explain in our ABOUT, we are continuing the development of the cadre of “code writers and vote-getters” begun at the University of Michigan in 1993. We are now drilling down into state and local adaptations of nationally developed codes and standards that are incorporated by reference into public safety and sustainability legislation.
This post is a “test pancake” for generating discussion, and for developing a way forward for crafting state exceptions to nationally developed codes and standards. Every state will have to be managed according to its history, culture, governance regime, asset-base and network of expertise.
Standards Michigan will remain the “free” home site but state-specific sites such as Standards Hawaii will be accessible to user-interest code-writers and vote-getters.  Please send bella@standardsmichigan.com a request to join one of our mailing lists appropriate to your interest for #SmartCampus standards action in the State of Hawaii.
International Existing Building Code
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S. 2962: HELPER Act of 2019
114th United States Congress / There is no group photograph of the current (116th) Congress
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit withdrawals from certain retirement plans for repayment of student loan debt, and for other purposes.
Electrical Systems for eBikes
The Proposed First Edition of the Standard for Electrical Systems for eBikes, UL 2849, is being proposed as a Binational Standard for Canada and the United States
[Comments due December 22nd]
Athletic Performance Properties of Indoor Sports Floor Systems
“Children’s Games” (1560) / Pieter Bruegel the Elder
ASTM International develops most of the consensus documents that establish the standard of care for sports and recreation equipment and facilities. ASTM Committee F08 on Sports Equipment, Playing Surfaces, and Facilities has released a redline of its consensus product F2772 Specification for Athletic Performance Properties of Indoor Sports Floor Systems.  Public announcement of the commenting opportunity appears in the link below:
 Comments are due December 23rd. Â
ASTM International has its own way of posting exposure drafts for public comment; typically in very large batches compared with other consensus product developers present in our algorithm. Its due process procedures depend heavily on face-to-face meetings twice every year; usually the root cause of why so many are released at once.  Any stakeholder is permitted free access to the exposure drafts during the comment period but very often the sheer number of exposure drafts prohibit complete participation.  On the other hand, ASTM International has a lengthy catalog of consensus products in nearly every sector of the US economy, with hundreds of technical committees, so the large drops of redlines open for public comment reflect that.
Also, it may well be that F2772 is a relatively stable product such that proposed changes are minor enough that the redline does not require a lengthy commenting period. Usually major technical changes are dealt with farther upstream the standards development process; even before the semi-annual committee meetings.
You may obtain an electronic copy by communicating directly with cleonard@astm.org. Send your comments to Laura Klineburger, (610) 832-9744, accreditation@astm.org with a copy to psa@ansi.org
For more information about how to participate (i.e. travel to the meetings, present data to technical committee members, draft new proposals, review the redlines prepared by others, click into a committee teleconference, submit a ballot, etc.) you may communicate directly with ASTM F08 Staff Manager: Joe Koury (jkoury@astm.org) at 610-832-9804
We include this standard on the agenda of our monthly Athletic & Recreation facility teleconference; open to everyone. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting
Issue: [15-55]
Category: Athletic & Recreation
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jack Janveja, Richard Robben
Low Voltage Lighting Systems
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A rendering of the first public lighting systems in Rome by Theodore Earl Butler, 1905
Power-Over-Ethernet (PoE) lighting refers to use of an ethernet cable to power light fixtures (luminaires) and to transmit data between the LED luminaire and the control software.  One cable — typically Cat 5/6 — can supply power (at 25 VDC or less) and can also control the LED fixtures attached to the network.  When the ethernet cable is plugged into the fixture it receives driving power and is also assigned a unique IP address. Data can be collected from attached devices – such as motion sensors – to prompt specified lighting commands. As long as you have compatible fixtures attached to the Ethernet cable, you can control dimming, timing, sensors, lighting colours, daylight harvesting, etc.; thereby contributing mightily to the sustainability agenda of the education facility industry and all others.
Lighting system energy typically consumes the largest proportion of energy — on the order of 25 to 40 percent — in a “typical” building.
1.1Â These requirements apply to low voltage lighting systems and components intended for permanent installation and for use in locations in accordance with the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, Article 411.
1.2Â These requirements cover:
a) Power units in which output is limited to 25 A and below the risk of electric shock voltage levels as defined in 3.19; and
b) Class 2, exposed bare conductor, POE, and other low-voltage luminaires and lighting systems.
1.3Â These requirements do not cover low-voltage luminaires with integral power supplies or luminaires covered by other standards such as, but not limited to, the Standard for Portable Electric Luminaires, UL 153, the Standard for Track Lighting Systems, UL 1574, or the Standard for Luminaires, UL 1598.
1.4 Light emitting diode (LED) components and subassemblies integral to a low voltage luminaire or power unit covered by this standard shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products, UL 8750.
The proposed changes to UL 2108 appear in the redline linked below
Comments are due November 24th.
UL has recently upgraded its public commenting facility linked here: CSDS Work Area:Â Â You may key in your comments here — CSDS Work Area:Â — with optional copy to psa@ansi.org
As a product safety conformity organization, UL consensus products affect most technologies present in education facilities so we place their products on the standing agenda of our Electrical and Telecommunication twice monthly teleconferences.  See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; usually on the same day we collaborate with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee.
Issue: [16-137]
Issue: Electrical, Telecommunication, Information & Communication Technology
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, William McCoy
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