energy storage through research, development, and demonstration, and for other purposes.

Inventor of the fuel cell | CLICK ON IMAGE

We have been following the developmental trajectory of another “alternative energy” – related consensus product — NFPA 853  Standard for the Installation of Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems — a document that sets the criteria for minimizing fire hazards associated fuel cells power generating technology installations; many of which are pre-engineered and pre-packaged by manufacturers.

Keep in mind that it is an installation standard and “agnostic” about the type of fuel cell technology.  As such, it is likely referenced in energy project design guidelines and construction contract specifications.  From the document prospectus:

Scope:  This standard shall apply to the design, construction, and installation of stationary fuel cell power systems and shall include the following:

(1) A singular prepackaged, self-contained power system unit

(2) Any combination of prepackaged, self-contained power system units

(3) Power system units comprising two or more factory-matched modular components intended to be assembled in the field

(4) Engineered and field-constructed power systems that employ fuel cells.

The current edition of NFPA 853 is dated 2015

The NFPA Technical Committee on Electric Generating Plants has already begun work on the 2020 revision.  A selection of First and Second Draft documents are posted below:

NFPA 853_F2019_ECG_AAA_SDmeetingagenda_04_19

NFPA 853_F2019_ECG_AAA_FDmeetingagenda_04_18

Response to the Second Draft Report under NFPA’s NITMAM process are due August 29th. 

We normally collaborate with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee on consensus products of this nature because that is where the most informed locus of expertise lies.   That committee meets online four times monthly in European and American time zones.   We also host our own codes and standards for power and telecommunication systems teleconference every month.  See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.

Category:  District Energy, Electrical, Energy, Facility Asset Management, Fire Safety, Risk Management, #SmartCampus, US Department of Energy

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Bill Cantor ([email protected])

Standards Massachusetts, Standards Texas, Standards Ohio

Construction d’une Barricade au Faubourg Saint-Antoine

The American Society of Safety Professionals is an ANSI-accredited standards developer for a suite of workplace safety standards that meet, and in many cases, exceed the minimum requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.   We find them referenced in state adaptations of the OSHA legislation.  The entry point to its standards development enterprise is linked below:

ASSP Standards Home

The American Society of Safety Professionals is updating three of its construction-related standards:

ASSP A10.33 Safety & Health Program Requirements for Multi-Employer Projects.   This standard sets forth the minimum elements and activities of a program that defines the duties and responsibilities of construction employers working on a construction project where multiple employers are engaged in the common undertaking to complete a construction project.

There are thousands of construction management enterprises in the US education industry that deal with contractor and subcontractor liability regimes so this standard should interest them.   We encourage user-interests in the education facilities industry to participate directly in the ASSE consensus process.

Comments on this project were due March 4th.   We are waiting for technical committee responses to be posted for further public comment.  We will post them here.  Until that time we encourage safety officers in the education facility industry to communicate directly with ASSE: the American Society of Safety Professionals, 520 N. Northwest Highway Park Ridge, IL 60068. Office: (847) 296-9221.   Contact: Tim Fisher.

We will place this on the agenda of our next monthly Risk Management standards teleconference; open to everyone.  See our CALENDAR.

Issue: [19-40]

Category: Risk Management, Public Safety

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Richard Robben

* The American Society of Safety Engineers recently re-branded itself as the American Society of Safety Professionals.