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#Snowstorms ❄️ are no match for our facilities team. Watch to see what it takes to keep our #Northeastern community safe and our #Boston campus clean. https://t.co/lDcjFRRhlw
— Northeastern U. (@Northeastern) January 20, 2023
Many accommodations such as dormitories, fraternities and sororities have working fireplaces — wood burning and natural gas. Community spaces such as student unions, libraries and recreation spaces also have fireplaces as a central feature.
The purpose of NFPA 211 is to reduce fire hazards by discovering and promulgating best practice for the safe removal of flue gases, the proper installation of solid fuel-burning appliances, and the correct construction and installation of chimneys, fireplaces, and venting systems. The current 2019 Edition is linked below:
Free Access: NFPA 221 Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents, and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances
The 2024 has been released. To guide our inquiry into safety and sustainability concepts for the 2027 Edition we like review the developmental transcripts of previous edition:
Public input on the 2027 Edition will be received until June 4, 2024. We encourage facility managers to recommend improvements to this standard by setting up a (Free) NFPA account the link below:
Online submission of public input and public comments
We maintain this standard on our periodic Prometheus and Housing colloquia. Consult our CALENDAR for the next online meeting, open to everyone
Link to parent standard:
University of Rochester Fireplace Safety
American Gas Association: How Natural Gas Fuels Your Holiday Traditions
January 1st is Polar Bear Plunge Day in the Great Lakes. It is also popular among the young in other “watery” universities around the world.
2023 St. Clair College Polar Bear Plunge
Polar Plunge at the University of Michigan
Cold shower? Ice swimming? ‘In 2014, researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands investigated one of Hof’s bolder statements: that his regime can be used to control the immune system.’ @radboudumc @newscientist @Radboud_Uni https://t.co/I9nqlJbUQQ
— Radboudumc wetenschap (@radboudumc_weet) April 22, 2021
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— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) December 30, 2023
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Pleasures and Hazards
Pleasures:
Hazards:
College Polar Bear Plunges
It’s King Cake season and the perfect time to try your hand at making one of your own. @LSUDining’s full recipe@LSUhttps://t.co/mKFYRbnpfC pic.twitter.com/k2fd7rHJTw
— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) January 8, 2022
One of the core documents for heat tracing is entering a new 5-year revision cycle; a consensus standard that is especially relevant this time of year because of the personal danger and property damage that is possible in the winter months. Education communities depend upon heat tracing for several reasons; just a few of them listed below:
IEEE 515 Standard for the Testing, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Resistance Trace Heating for Industrial Applications is one of several consensus documents for trace heating technology. Its inspiration originates in the petrochemical industry but its principles apply to all education facilities exposed to cold temperature and snow. From its prospectus:
This standard provides requirements for the testing, design,installation, and maintenance of electrical resistance trace heating in general industries as applied to pipelines, vessels, pre-traced and thermally insulated instrument tubing and piping, and mechanical equipment. The electrical resistance trace heating is in the form of series trace heaters, parallel trace heaters, and surface heating devices. The requirements also include test criteria to determine the suitability of these heating devices utilized in unclassified (ordinary) locations.
Its principles can, and should be applied with respect to other related documents:
National Electrical Code Article 427
NECA 202 Standard for Installing and Maintaining Industrial Heat Tracing Systems
IEC 62395 Electrical resistance trace heating systems for industrial and commercial applications
ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
We are happy to explain the use of this document in design guidelines and/or construction specifications during any of our daily colloquia. We generally find more authoritative voices in collaborations with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee which meets 4 times per month in Europe and in the Americas. We maintain this title on the standing agenda of our Snow & Ice colloquia. See our CALENDER for the next online meeting.
Issue: [18-331]
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Kane Howard
Category: Electrical, #SmartCampus
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Good Building Practice for Northern Facilities
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