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2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities

Review proposals for next revision.  See this week’s handouts

International Electrotechnical Commission

Today we review live public consultation notices from cloud technology standards-setting organizations with an eye toward minimizing cost.

Hubble contributes to painting a picture of the evolving universe | CLICK ON IMAGE

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 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.

First of 2022/2023  | See Page 56 for complete schedule

Today we run a status check on best practice in electrical power system design, construction, operations and maintenance that support the learning, research and medical clinical delivery enterprises in education communities.

Our colloquia on this topic coincide with the two monthly IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee teleconferences at 14:00 Central European time and 2:00 PM Eastern time in the Americas.

“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 #SmartCampus.