Ω Thought leaders in the education facility electrotechnologies (power and information and communication technology) have been convening online to prepare recommendations to US school districts, colleges and universities over the past several days.  All of us are fairly busy with other work but want to contribute relevant information for education facility industry leaders.  We have… Read more →

  IEEE P7000 The standard establishes a process model by which engineers and technologists can address ethical consideration throughout the various stages of system initiation, analysis and design. Expected process requirements include management and engineering view of new IT product development, computer ethics and IT system design, value-sensitive design, and, stakeholder involvement in ethical IT… Read more →

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including small electric motors. EPCA also requires the Secretary of Energy to periodically determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and cost effective, and would result in significant conservation… Read more →

NFPA hosted an “Electrical Data Summit” at its Quincy, Massachusetts offices in November 2019.  Linked below is the location of the report on the NFPA document management system:  “Electrical Data Summit: Impact of Data in the Electrical World” Casey Grant, PE,  – Sreenivasan Ranganathan, Ph.D. – Victoria Hutchison Fire Protection Research Foundation | April 2020… Read more →

See Addendum m regarding essential power systems: Ventilation of Health Care Facilities    

  ASTM WK72465: Revision of B193 – 19 Standard Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor Materials   Date Initiated: 04-02-2020 Technical Contact: Gordon Baker Status: Draft Under Development

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  Smart bluetooth low energy security system Y. W. Prakash – Vishakha Biradar – Shenil Vincent – Minto Martin – Anita Jadhav Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology / Navi Mumbai   Abstract: The need for security in today’s world has become a mandatory issue to look after. With the increase in a number of thefts,… Read more →

Ω Meeting minutes of the March 26th teleconference are now posted:  NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems

IEEE PC37.121 This guide covers three-phase unit substations for step-down operation in the range of 112.5 kVA or greater at primary voltages of 601 V through 52 kV. This guide does not cover the following installations: a) Substations in which the transformer section is described and defined as “network,” “subway,” “vault,” or “underground” in IEEE… Read more →