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Shedding Some Light on Consortium Collaboration

In October 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. Thus, the incandescent lamp was born. More than 80 years later, the first practical visible-spectrum (red) light emitting diode (LED) was developed by Nick Holonyak at General Electric Company. Almost...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2011 6:48 PM by Hayes, Megan

Filed under: Safety and Standardization, Standardization, Emerging Technologies, Solid State, Dimmers, SSL, LED, Lighting

Is the Path to EU Market Access Slipping away from Germany?

Germany is considered a primary market entry point into the European market for electrical products. And for good reason, it’s the fifth largest economy in the world with 81.4 million inhabitants and a GDP of 2.9 Trillion EUR. Recent problems with Germany’s conformity assessment requirement...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2011 5:23 PM by Solis, Joel

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Conformity Assessment, Economy, Regulation, Building Codes, Safety and Standardization, Third-Party Certification, SDOC, market access, ZLS

US Participation Needed in Quantum Dot Standards

The TC 113 TAG is about to introduce new work proposals for a specification for characterizing luminescent nanoparticles (e.g. Quantum Dots), and a template specification sheet for these nanoscale materials. QD’s as a game changer in next-generation LED lighting and medical imaging technologies...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2011 5:43 PM by Leibowitz, Mike

Filed under: medical imaging, Safety and Standardization, Nanotechnology, luminescent, Solid State, SSL, Lighting

Toyota Report Reassuring News for Electrical Industry

The NTHSA-NASA report vindicating the electronic systems of Toyota vehicles for sudden acceleration is good news for the wider electrical industry that relies on similar electronic control systems. NASA was asked to examine the software code of Toyota vehicles and could not produce a fault that could...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 11:05 PM by winstanleyg

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Safety and Standardization, Automobiles

Germany’s Central Authority of the Federal States for Safety (ZLS) Imposes a Technical Barrier to Trade

Germany’s Central Authority of the Federal States for Safety (ZLS), in an attempt to exert greater control over its national certification process, has imposed a barrier to trade. ZLS decreed that a German Safety (GS) certifier can no longer accept test reports from any IECEE Certification Bodies...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2010 11:20 PM by Solis, Joel

Filed under: Conformity Assessment, Safety and Standardization, IEC

The Meaning of Standard Has Never Been So Significant

Although the development and implementation of standards often goes overlooked their importance has never been greater. Standardization creates similar domestic (and often international) expectations ensuring that the products we buy, the services we receive and the messages we communicate are comparable...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2010 4:35 PM by wassong

Filed under: Safety and Standardization, Standardization, safety

Kudos to NEMA "flex conduit" groups

A new 2010 edition of NEMA RV 3, Application and Installation Guidelines for Liquidtight Flexible Metallic and Nonmetallic Conduits , will be published soon. Thanks to a joint effort of the NEMA Flexible Metal Conduit Voting Classification and the Polymer Raceway Technical Committee, RV 3, which used...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2010 6:50 PM by Leibowitz, Mike

Filed under: Safety and Standardization, Standardization

RESEARCHERS MISLEADING PUBLIC ON RISKS OF EMF

In a statement issued on 2 June 2010, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released an updated position statement concluding overall that "the balance of scientific evidence to date still does not indicate that harmful effects occur in humans due to low-level exposure to EMFs...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2010 7:12 PM by Gettman, Kenneth

Filed under: Safety and Standardization, EMF, electromagnetic fields, exposure to emf, utility wires, public panic, cell phones

Everything you wanted to know about Selective Coordination

Kudos to the Low Voltage Distribution Section of NEMA for producing a comprehensive guide on Selective Coordination . The 47 page white paper explains the recent changes to the National Electrical Code (NEC) for the design of life safety and other critical power systems. The goal of Selective Coordination...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2010 5:22 AM by winstanleyg

Filed under: Safety and Standardization, Selective coordination, NEC

Smart Receptacle’s time has come

The High Performance Building is coming along quite well technologically. New ideas and products show up like mushrooms after the rain. One product area where we’ll definitively see improvements is the good old receptacle and its matching plug. In addition to already familiar functions like GFCIs...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 4:02 PM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Electrical Safety, AFCI, Safety and Standardization, electricity, demand response, GFCI, High Performance Buildings, safety, Receptacles, smart plug

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