What's New > ESTA Standards Watch - July 28, 2021
July 30, 2021
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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.
News items in this issue include:
- 2021 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are on sale.
- WTO Technical Barrier to Trade notifications: mercury in Australia; metal halide lamp fixtures and recycling in the USA; hazardous waste in Israel; desktop computers and spread-spectrum 2.4 GHz radios in Viet Nam; and roasted coffee in Brazil.
- ANSI public reviews: the NEC; rescue training; fall protection training; single-pair cabling; twist-lock connectors; industrial control panels; low voltage lighting systems; missteps on walking surfaces; horticultural lighting practice; grounding and bonding equipment; and drones for use in support of ASME standards.
- CSA public review announcement: high visibility clothing.
- New ANS projects: climate control protocol; lithium cells and batteries; and battery recycling.
- Final actions on ANSs (done for now!): protection from spurting body fluids; overhead wire rope hoists; off-site construction; smoke doors and other opening protectives; telecommunications bonding; portable power distribution equipment; and industrial control equipment and panels.
- Draft IEC & ISO docs: safety of machinery; immersive media; robotics vocabulary; sustainable communities; building information models; cybersecurity; and performance evaluation for the Jetsons's Rosey and similar robots.
- Recently published IEC & ISO docs: multimedia colour space; non—active lighting power; portable loudspeaker battery duration; virtual reality equipment; fire resistance tests; video shutter interval information, and Real-time IoT framework.
- Link to the TSP meeting schedule.
- TSP donors who have made long-term, multi-year pledges.
- Investors in Innovation, supporters of ESTA's Technical Standards Program.
The archive of all the Standards News and Standards Watch issues back to the beginning of 2011 is available here.