You are welcomed to join our review of backup power systems (customer-level). Although the term “backup” is not used in the codes and standards that govern electrical power safety and reliability, “backup” is a term of art widely used in design and field practice. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
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.
“Actors from the Commedia dell’Arte on a Wagon in a Town Square” 1640 Jan Miel
A walk through the status of best practice literature that sets the standard of care for safety and sustainability in the education facilities built for the performance arts.
Today we scan of redlines of titles open for public consultation in the mechanical engineering domain as it is understood in building construction disciplines. After architectural elements, mechanical systems in new building construction encompass a variety of components and technologies that are designed to ensure the comfort, safety, and functionality of the building’s occupants. These systems are crucial for maintaining indoor environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, and air quality. Here are some key mechanical system elements commonly found in new building construction:
HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning):
Heating: Furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, or electric heaters are used to provide warmth in cold seasons.
Ventilation: Systems that circulate fresh air, remove indoor pollutants, and regulate humidity.
Air Conditioning: Cooling systems, such as central air conditioners or ductless mini-split units, maintain comfortable temperatures during hot weather.
Ductwork: A network of ducts and pipes used to distribute heated or cooled air throughout the building. These ducts also serve to facilitate ventilation and air filtration.
Plumbing Systems: Water supply and wastewater removal systems, including pipes, fixtures, pumps, and water heaters for hot water supply.
Elevators and Escalators: Vertical transportation systems that move people and goods between different floors of the building.
Noise Control: Sound insulation and acoustic design are essential for ensuring a comfortable and quiet indoor environment, especially in commercial or multi-family residential buildings.
Building Automation and Smart Technologies: Integration of smart devices and sensors for energy management, security, and convenience, including lighting, blinds, and security systems. These are computer-based systems that monitor and control various building systems, including HVAC, lighting, security, and access control, to optimize energy usage and maintain comfort.
Plumbing and Sanitary Systems: Sanitary systems manage wastewater disposal and sewage, while plumbing systems provide clean water for domestic use.
Environmental Controls: Systems for managing indoor air quality, including air purification, humidity control, and pollutant filtration.
These mechanical system elements work in conjunction to create a comfortable, safe, and energy-efficient building environment. The design and integration of these systems are critical to the overall functionality and sustainability of modern building projects.
Many of the characteristics listed above are covered in separate colloquia. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our homepage.
“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 educational settlements. We group them with fire protection standards because most of the compliance and enforcement expertise originates with fire safety expertise. Send [email protected] an email for an advance agenda.
ASTM’s color and appearance committee (E12) has approved a new standard that will be useful in calculating the colors of objects. The new standard (E3415) expands on color calculations described in ASTM’s standard on CIE colorimetric systems (E308). https://t.co/7F97dcFkVepic.twitter.com/5GCfEgP4TI
A special note for the upcoming Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
The College will open on Monday, October 14, 2024. Please note that there will be no classes scheduled and food services will not be available on campus.
One of the most contentious aspects of best practice discovery and promulgation in any domain, and no less so in educational settlements, is an agreed-upon vocabulary and shared understanding. As we explain elsewhere in this history, when a counter-party disagrees with you, he simply switches out the vocabulary — i.e. changes definitions or adds or subtracts from the traditional meanings of things. So we approach this topic several times a year to confirm our bearing on the meaning of things.
We observe National Poetry Month in the United States and Canada every year with an inquiry into changes in the (meaning of) definitions at the foundation of best practice literature; frequently the subject of sporty debate among experts writing codes and standards for the built environment of education communities.
In the United Kingdom, National Poetry Month is celebrated in October, and it is known as “National Poetry Day” which has been observed since 1994. It is an initiative of the Forward Arts Foundation, which aims to encourage people to read, write and perform poetry.
Other countries also have their own poetry celebrations, such as World Poetry Day, which is observed annually on March 21 by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide.
In past years we used a Tamil mnemonic because Tamil is the oldest surviving language and remains the spoken language of 80-odd million people of South Asia. Alas, use of Tamil confounds our Wordpress content management system so in 2024 we began coding this topic in American English
Today we explain our collaboration with other education settlements in the US and other nations. We conform to participation requirements set by ANSI US Technical Advisory Groups to the International Organization for Standardization but we also have liaison with other universities in the European Union who conform to the participation requirements of their own national standards bodies.
IEC General Meeting: The General Meeting uniquely combines management and technical meetings. Stakeholders from around the world come together to decide on current issues, as well as future directions and strategies for the IEC.
With emphasis on OB-GYN because educational settlements are where families begin and grow among the young.
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.
“Composition in red, yellow, blue and black” (1921) / Piet Mondrian
Status check on open source consensus products — and practical applications — evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.
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.
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.
New update alert! The 2022 update to the Trademark Assignment Dataset is now available online. Find 1.29 million trademark assignments, involving 2.28 million unique trademark properties issued by the USPTO between March 1952 and January 2023: https://t.co/njrDAbSpwBpic.twitter.com/GkAXrHoQ9T
