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Here's a quick summary of the new or revised standards.
Zigbee Building Automationâ„¢ standard. Zigbee's contribution is a global standard to ensure interoperable products for reliable monitoring and control of commercial building systems. Zigbee says products using the standard offer building owners and operators additional control of more building types, previously inaccessible rooms or "sensitive" areas courtesy of its low-power wireless operation.
Zigbee also says it is the only BACnet®-approved wireless mesh network standard for commercial buildings – and that existing wired BACnet building automation systems can now be expanded more easily, and at less cost. "We selected Zigbee Building Automation because its low-power mesh networks will meet the needs of just about any type of building," said BACnet International president and general manager Philips Teletrol.
Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures. This is the third revision of DNV's standard originally released in 2004. It offers principles, technical requirements and guidance for design, construction and in-service inspection of offshore wind turbine facilities. The updates concentrate on cutting costs and increasing safety. Those updates include clarifying the scope of grouted connections and introducing new requirements for those connections, a restructured and expanded section on corrosion protection, a rewritten section on transport and installation, and bringing requirements in line with current practices in large wind farm inspections.
Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System, End-Use Applications, and Loads. Otherwise referred to as IEEE 2030, this standard provides "a globally relevant" smart grid interoperability reference model and knowledge base intended for utilities in the process of developing their infrastructure plans, for manufacturers planning smart grid systems and applications, as well as governments developing regulations and standards development organizations working on additional standards for the smart grid.
"IEEE 2030 is poised to support the accelerated rollout of the smart grid and realization of the revolutionary benefits – greater consumer choice, improved electric system reliability and increased reliance on renewable sources of energy – that it promises for people worldwide," said Dick DeBlasio, IEEE 2030 working group chair and chief engineer at DOE's National Renewable Energy Lab.
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