Standards in Trade
Electrical Safety Systems for the Asia-Pacific Region
March 18-22, 2002
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NIST cosponsored a one-week workshop entitled “Electrical Safety Systemsin the Asia-Pacific” during the week of March 18 in conjunction with U.S.standards developers and trade associations. A selected group of expert representativesfrom public and private sector organizations in Indonesia, Malaysia , Philippines , Singapore, Thailand ,the United States and Vietnam discussed electrical safety systems for commercial buildings, industrial plants,and homes with the objective of exploring possible joint projects for increasedelectrical safety in the region. The U.S. sponsors included NIST; the AmericanNational Standards Institute (ANSI) ; theInternational Code Council, Inc. (ICC) ; IntertekTesting Services (ITS) ; the National ElectricalManufacturers Association (NEMA) ; the NationalFire Protection Association International (NFPA) ; and UnderwritersLaboratories, Inc. (UL) ;
The five-day program addressed the development andimplementation of the safety of electrical systems in the United States andother participating countries in the areas of: (1) the electrical installationcode, (2) electrical product standards, (3) product testing and certification,and (4) inspection and enforcement. For each topic, participants described their countries’ practices, including the evolution of theirsystems. The participants also discussed consumer safety issues and activitiesunder the Pacific Area Standards Congress. Representatives of multilateral anddomestic lending agencies gave briefings on their cooperative programs and activitiesfor Southeast Asia. In addition, there were two visits to active commercialand residential facility construction sites.
The delegates recommended sharing comments on IEC standards, harmonizing standardsin certain priority areas, considering follow-up work in the Pacific Area StandardsCongress (PASC), and establishing a mechanism to share information on trainingprograms, code development, inspection procedures and accident prevention. Forfull recommendations, please see below links. For a webcast of summary discussionsheld by each group, visit this address: http://real-e.nist.gov/essasia/
Forrecommendations and closing discussions, please visit the links below:
Closingdiscussion
Recommendationsin electrical installation codes area
Recommendationsin electrical product standards area
Recommendationsin electrical installation inspection area
Recommendationsin electrical product testing and certification area
For more information, please contact Christine DeVaux at christine.devaux@nist.gov ,tel. 301-975-4679, fax 301-963-2871.
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