Calendar

“Etude pour les constructeurs” Fernand Leger

We follow the construction spend rate of the US education industry; using the US Census Bureau Construction Spending figures released the first day of every month.  We encourage our colleagues in the education facilities industry to respond to Census Bureau-retained data gathering contractors in order to contribute to the accuracy of the report.

https://standardsmichigan.com/student-paper-winners-2015-2019/

“Lady Astor playing golf at North Berwick” 2015 John Lavery

An overview of public commenting opportunities on proposed standards for sports and recreation equipment and athletic facilities.   Send email to bella@standardsmichigan.com for access to the agenda.

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Student Art

Innovation – Standardization – Commoditization run along a continuum.  Today we unpack some of the ideas that hasten (and prohibit) leading practice discovery; how quickly goods and services become a “human right”; why all of this is relevant to education communities and why some believe that commoditization is a myth.

From the Wikipedia

In business literature, commoditization is defined as the process by which goods that have economic value and are distinguishable in terms of attributes (uniqueness or brand) end up becoming simple commodities in the eyes of the market or consumers. It is the movement of a market from differentiated to undifferentiated price competition and from monopolistic competition to perfect competition. Hence, the key effect of commoditization is that the pricing power of the manufacturer or brand owner is weakened: when products become more similar from a buyer’s point of view, they will tend to buy the cheapest.

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https://twitter.com/mapeducate/status/1645590998364372993?s=20

Trademark Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Trademark Fee Schedule

https://standardsmichigan.com/microgrids/

https://twitter.com/DrRituRaman/status/1645773734135971844?s=20

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https://youtu.be/fj1aSyzM8oA

https://standardsmichigan.com/water-management-monthly/

Today at 11 AM/ET we review the literature that sets the standard of care for prevention, response and resilience of the education facility industry to storms, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and all other disasters.  We will examine a selection of court filings that should inform how facility managers should prepare and respond to disasters, but also identify gaps in best practice literature and (possibly) key in proposals for how those gaps may be removed.

Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

“Spring Turning” 1936 Grant Wood,

Overview of codes and standards relevant to the food service enterprises in K-12 schools, college and university student housing, athletic venues and university-affiliated healthcare systems.

https://standardsmichigan.com/food-standards-monthly/

“O Hari, ’tis morn, awake, there’s water in the jar for you to wash your face no need to hurry there’s plenty of time.

I’ll bring you whatever you like for your breakfast- dried fruits, butter, honey and bread.

Says Suradasa, Yashoda’s heart overflows with joy when her gaze alights on her darling boy.”

— “Breakfast” Sant Surdas

Many research universities have large medical research and clinical delivery enterprises that provide significant revenue.   We periodically scan public consultations for literature that sets the standard of care for the facilities and technologies in these enterprises in education communities.

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.  Our meeting coincides with the day of two IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 14:00 Central European time and 2:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas.

https://youtu.be/CJYVH_kZkOk

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/standing-agenda-international-standards/

What a Wonderful World! | Ho Charlotte Sie Wing, 13, China

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 we refresh our understanding of the regulations for Class D campus radio systems.  We review the literature for production technologies and FM transmission technologies through airwaves, cabling systems, the internet or a combination of all.

Conference & Expo | June 19-21
Technical Meeting | June 22-23
Mandalay Bay Convention Center

“Prometheus creating Man in the presence of Athena” (1802) / Jean-Simon Berthélemy

Monthly review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations the set the standard of care for fire safety in education communities.   We group them with fire protection standards because most of the compliance and enforcement expertise originates with fire safety expertise.  Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email for an advance agenda.

Middle Georgia State University

One hour overview of NEMA, SAE, IEEE, NFPA, UL and ICC public input and comment on safety and sustainability standards for electric vehicle charging stations.  As usual, our focus is on marking up consensus documents, signing them and submitting them to the appropriate technical committee so that you may receive a formal response.

https://standardsmichigan.com/open-door-teleconference-login-information/

https://standardsmichigan.com/ibc-education-facility-assembly-spaces/

https://youtu.be/OTR3oCCek74

https://standardsmichigan.com/summer-solstice-around-the-world/

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https://www.elevatoru.org/

“The Peaceable Kingdom” 1833 Edward Hicks

Today we update our understanding of the regulations, codes, standards and ethical considerations in the care of animals in education communities.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

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— Chelsea (@therealilwolf) April 17, 2024

https://standardsmichigan.com/animals-100/

In partnership with @Yeatssocietyirl, we are hosting a special virtual event to mark the 100th anniversary of the #poem ‘The Second Coming’ by WB #Yeats. Join us on Friday, 13 Nov at 7pm for an evening of discussion and #poetry readings.

🎟️ Register now: https://t.co/gfU24AEFGz pic.twitter.com/zDbzLjslL5

— National Library of Ireland (@NLIreland) November 5, 2020

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Building Substations interior & exterior

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Lightning flash density – 12 hourly averages over the year (NASA OTD/LIS) This shows that lightning is much more frequent in summer than in winter, and from noon to midnight compared to midnight to noon.

https://youtu.be/zisnPchVYKs

https://standardsmichigan.com/rain-2/

https://twitter.com/helengeorgina94/status/1674453857634492419?s=20

“Washington money” 2012 Robert Silvers

Today we pick through a few tax-free bond offerings that finance education community construction with a eye toward reducing construction cost and life-cycle maintenance through building codes and standards.   Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

https://standardsmichigan.com/tax-free-bonds/

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https://twitter.com/Sculpturatus/status/1674884261436964866?s=20