https://youtu.be/RCmQsFtNCl8 Since the International Code Council catalog informs the foundation of occupancy safety of the built environment in education communities we map the way forward in our approach to the titles receiving public consultation in 2023. Today at 16:00 UTC we refresh our understanding of the technical standards for the timing-systems that maintain the temporal framework for daily life in education communities. The campus clock continues as a monument of beauty and structure even though digitization of everything has rendered the central community clock redundant. Most leading practice discovery (and innovation) is happening with the Network Time Protocols (NTP) that synchronize the time stamps of widely separated data centers. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in current use and underlies the Internet of Things build out. NTP is particularly important in maintaining accurate time stamps for safety system coordination and for time stamps on email log messages. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Dear Members of the BICSI International Standards Program, Please find upcoming Standards meeting and BICSI Winter Conference update within this email. Standards Meetings February 5 – 6, 2023 Meeting Schedule Sunday, February 5 13:00 – 14:00 ICT Installation Monday, February 6 14:15-15:00 Airports and Transit Facilities For your convenience, calendar cards for all Standard meetings can be found here for download: Meeting Reminders Meeting Materials BICSI Winter Conference Registration for BICSI Members within the Standards Program We thank you for your continued participation and contributions to the BICSI International Standards Program and as questions arise, please do not hesitate to ask. Jeff Silveira, CAE, RITP BICSI | The Global Leader in ICT Education, Certification & Standards 8610 Hidden River Parkway | Tampa, FL 33637 +1 813.903.4712 | Fax: +1 813.971.4311 | www.bicsi.org Now Available: https://standardsmichigan.com/ict-best-practice-for-educational-institutions-facilities/ Faster than you can say “lost luggage” innovators will be outnumbered by regulators, administrative busybodies and muckety-mucks seeking a piece of the action in the nascent catalog of space standards. Innovators will use standardization processes (particularly those favored by the federal government) to outflank their competitors. Space (Aerospace) is not our primary domain but, because academic programs are re-tooling their aerospace programs, we keep an eye on it. Solving problems related to space traffic management and orbital debris, for example, are hazards that can be solved with the assistance of academia. Aerospace programs have been co-operating with governments for decades and there is build-out of earthbound facilities needed to continue support for it. This is a new unit on our Syllabus starting 2022. We will at least poke at the topic (i.e. track the relevant literature) to see if we can be of any help enlightening approaches to making the physical earthbound campus safer, simpler, lower-cost and longer-lasting. We will start with aerospace research facilities. https://youtu.be/JFrU19HwDs8 Today we explain our collaboration with other like-minded units in education communities in the US and other nations. In most cases we conform to participation requirements set by ANSI US Technical Advisory Groups but we also have liaison with other universities in the European Union who conform to the participation requirements of their own national standards bodies. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Because a great deal of content is copyright protected by the ISO, IEC and the ITU, please contact bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/an-introduction-to-the-iec/ https://standardsmichigan.com/technical-foundations-of-the-information-society/ https://standardsmichigan.com/every-day-is-a-standards-journey/ https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-international-standards/ Review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations regarding energy production and conservation relevant to the education facility industry. Faculty and staff in the education industry in all nations provide basic research, application research in energy technologies. The “cities-within-cities” we call the #SmartCampus” also provide crucibles for new testing new technologies as well as provide energy load for utilities operating under all ownership regimes. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/agenda-energy-standards-monthly/ Today at 15:00 UTC we review the consensus products that set the standard of care for nursing school instructional and clinical training facilities. Open to everyone. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page. Illumination technologies have had a pattern of consuming about 35 percent of building electrical energy use. That number has been pressed downward with the expanded application of LED luminaires and occupant responsive controls; much of the transformation hastened by IEEE and ASHRAE consensus products. Today we run through the development status of these products with specific interest in exterior illumination best practice. This topic also is covered in the 4 time monthly meetings of the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee. We have not long to love. — Review of development in safety and sustainability best practice catalogs for education community outdoor environment. Status check on standards action that guide laboratory safety and sustainability in all building disciplines. There are about ten standards developers in this space and they do not all move in a coordinated manner among themselves; much less from state-to-state. Anyone is welcomed to join this teleconference with the login information below. For an agenda, please join our mailing list. https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-laboratories/ Today we run a status check on ANSI-accredited consensus, open-source and consortia consensus products incorporated by reference into federal regulations of the real assets of the US education industry. Send a request to bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/standing-agenda-federal-state-regulations/
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The BICSI Standards program will be meeting in conjunction with the BICSI Winter Conference in Tampa, FL. Meetings will be held on February 5 and 6, 2023 within the Tampa Convention Center, the site of the conference.
The following meetings will be held. All times are EST (UTC – 05:00):
8:00 – 9:30 OSP Construction/Installation
9:30 – 11:00 Healthcare
11:00 – 12:00 Educational Facilities
14:00 – 15:00 Intelligent Building
15:00 – 16:00 Wireless
16:00 – 17:30 Data Center/Data Center Operations Joint Meeting
7:30-10:30 Codes
15:00-16:30 p.m. Standards Plenary
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wz5z4w0nyqjh0pz/AADCL6N-QtKd2UkQ1FoT8qA0a?dl=0
Agendas, meeting files and related documents will be circulated prior to the meeting as they are received and/or ready. Files will also be placed at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uup2qqedch6to87/AADAYFKYDLO7oEomx-A2XmNBa?dl=0 and on the BICSI Standards FTP site.
For those interested in attending either the in person or virtual BICSI Winter Conference after the standards meetings, a discounted registration is available to all standards members who hold a current BICSI Membership at the time of the conference. Upon becoming or restoring a BICSI membership, please let us know so we can provide the registration form which provide this discounted offer.
Director of Standards
ANSI/BICSI 001-2017 R22, Information and Communication Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Educational Institutions and Facilities
BICSI G2.1-22, ICT Outside Plant Construction and Installation: Pole Setting, Anchoring, and Guying
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Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear.
In silence I have watched you
comb your hair.
Intimate the silence,
dim and warm.
I could but did not, reach
to touch your arm.
I could, but do not, break
that which is still.
(Almost the faintest whisper
would be shrill.)
So moments pass as though
they wished to stay.
We have not long to love.
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We’re “organized” but not too organized; like the bookseller who knows where every book can be found.
at a conference where you don’t have to present
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