Water 330

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.

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 the IEEE, IES and ASHRAE best practice catalogs.

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.

https://standardsmichigan.com/illumination-400/

University endowments are comprised of money or other financial assets that are donated to academic institutions. Charitable donations are the primary source of funds for endowments. Endowment funds support the teaching, research, and public service missions of colleges and universities.  In the case of endowment funds for academic institutions, the income generated is intended to finance a portion of the operating or capital requirements of the institution.  Today we will pick through few reports where safety and sustainability claims are listed and described.

https://standardsmichigan.com/schenkingen/

Release Calendar 2025

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI) is released twice a month:

1. Preliminary Report – Released mid-month (usually the second Friday of the month).
2. Final Report – Released at the end of the month (usually the fourth Friday of the month).

Both reports are published at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET).

Consumer sentiment down amid disagreements on new government policies

Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in six months, edging down 4% from December.

While assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month, both the short- and long-run business… pic.twitter.com/r2mPTc5XiO

— Michigan News (@UMichiganNews) January 24, 2025

https://youtu.be/D0xSuqKoByQ?si=-pawPMfA1bnY3-FM

https://youtu.be/GxbKuek88NQ?si=v249UC4EAG2qJXlh

https://youtu.be/JkQauI15hlE?si=uAm42E0eGtSCtJPH

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.

Related:

Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating

After months of hard work, the top five teams met at USPTO headquarters today for the final round of the 2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition. 🏆 And the winners are ... ⬇️

🥇 First place — @UofMNLawSchool pic.twitter.com/uwNSJR0oBy

— USPTO (@uspto) April 4, 2025

From creating a race car safety device that protects drivers from injury to revolutionizing chemotherapy, Spartans have contributed to more than 3,300 inventions. #SpartansWill pic.twitter.com/dchCs0BFBx

— MSU (@michiganstateu) February 21, 2025

Status check on open source consensus products -- and practical applications --  evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.

Status check on open source consensus products -- and practical applications --  evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.

Review of development in safety and sustainability best practice catalogs for education community outdoor environment.

https://twitter.com/gmkov/status/1691080398200053762?s=20

https://twitter.com/gmkov/status/1691080398200053762?s=20

Status check on open source consensus products -- and practical applications --  evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.

Status check on open source consensus products -- and practical applications --  evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.