What's New > ESTA Standards Watch - October 30, 2020
October 30, 2020
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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.
News items in this issue include:
- A quartet of TSP standards in public review.
- Proposal submission opens for ICC Group A code changes.
- WTO Technical Barrier to Trade notifications: computer and monitor efficiency in California; EPA rules for seven chemicals; weather instruments in Korea; and clarification of REACH rules in the EU.
- ANSI public reviews: self-ballasted lamp safety; AV equipment energy efficiency; baseline cybersecurity; professional carpet cleaning; network device energy consumption; UL standard for LED safety; risk assessment with non-light water nuclear power plants; and in situ RF immunity testing.
- BSI public reviews: IEC standard for lamp controlgear energy performance; and an EN standard for computer energy consumption.
- DIN public review: ambient light in digital cinemas.
- New ANS projects: a new ESTA rigging project; radioactive light sources; power generation output and heat rate; vehicle-to-grid charging; A/V equipment energy efficiency; ICC off-site construction standard; face coverings; certification of electrical testing technicians; remanufacturing; and load shaping for electric vehicle charging.
- Final actions on American National Standards: funicular safety; thee addenda for ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC/IES 189.1; multi-employer safety and health programs; lawfully authorized VOIP surveillance; membrane switches; and the safety of switchboard wires.
- Draft IEC & ISO documents: encryption; fieldbus rules and profiles; multimedia haptics; pic slaughtering; solid-state relays; headphones; lighting systems; assistive listening functionality; an age-inclusive workforce; and numerical control systems for machine tools.
- Recently published IEC & ISO docs: RF absorption in humans, recycling rare earths, JPEG XS image coding; human factor guidelines for VR content; learning with VR content; six sigma; and commissioning lighting systems.
- TSP meeting schedule with no meetings!
- 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.