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Halifax Coffee Shops
"This is a big coffee town. Yes, we have the big chain shops, but we love the awesome local cafés where you can truly experience the Halifax coffee (or tea) culture. Here are some of our favourites this year." -- Student Street Life Team 2019-20 @dalstudentlife
I&CPS Meeting Montreal
We will use this post for today’s meeting Home Site E&H May 13 Agenda (Montreal)
NESC & NEC Cross-Code Correlation
Workspace for drafting a detailed response to this 2018 statement. Open public consultation on the 2028 revision to the IEEE National Electrical Safety Code is very compressed -- only 90 days are open for a standard that is revised every 5 years. Public consultation on the First Draft of the 2028 NESC is open until March 24, 2026.
Energy Standard for *Sites* and Buildings
To paraphrase Marc Andreessen: "Building standards are eating the world and ASHRAE is eating standards" (-- Mike Anthony, University of Michigan). Just when you thought ASHRAE's claim to energy regulation could not get any larger, it has recently appropriated everything *between* buildings in its scope -- that means all above-ground pathway lighting, steam, hot water communication cabling tunnels, water pumps, fire protections systems; among others.
Quadrivium: Spring
Educational settlements are the closest many people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles are unstable, time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We explore the action continuously; assign priorities, then schedule a separate teleconference to formulate responses to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR.
Designing Lighting for People and Buildings
The Illumination Engineering Society provides an active standards development platform. Many of its titles are frequently cited in standards catalogs, design guidelines, construction contracts, and energy regulations across various levels of government. Consultation on several titles run through June 30th.
Current Issues and Recent Research
The Joint IEEE Power Engineering and Industrial Applications Society Committee to which we belong has completed its work on the 2026 National Electrical Code Second Draft. While all the issues are fresh in mind it is never unwise to draft proposals for the 2029 National Electrical Code which will begin accepting new public input some time after release of the new edition in the fall. Meaningful code changes take six to nine years.
Healthcare Organization Management
This relatively new committee administered by the United States provides business and government with a template for developing national healthcare policy. Public consultation on draft titles arrive on at a fairly brisk pace. A draft standard for pandemic response is open for public consultation until July 1st.
Healthcare Facilities Code
Several medical research and clinical delivery enterprises produce more than 50 percent of the income in large educational settlements. We collaborate with the IEEE to discover and promulgate best practice. Public comment on the First Draft of the 2027 Edition will be received until June 3, 2025.