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 Systems
in the Asia-Pacific” during the week of March 18 in conjunction with U.S.
standards developers and trade associations. A selected group of expert representatives
from 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 increased
electrical safety in the region. The U.S. sponsors included NIST; the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI); the
International Code Council, Inc. (ICC); Intertek
Testing Services (ITS); the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association (NEMA); the National
Fire Protection Association International (NFPA); and Underwriters
Laboratories, Inc. (UL);
The five-day program addressed the development and
implementation of the safety of electrical systems in the United States and
other participating countries in the areas of: (1) the electrical installation
code, (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 their
systems. The participants also discussed consumer safety issues and activities
under the Pacific Area Standards Congress. Representatives of multilateral and
domestic lending agencies gave briefings on their cooperative programs and activities
for Southeast Asia. In addition, there were two visits to active commercial
and residential facility construction sites.
The delegates recommended sharing comments on IEC standards, harmonizing standards
in certain priority areas, considering follow-up work in the Pacific Area Standards
Congress (PASC), and establishing a mechanism to share information on training
programs, code development, inspection procedures and accident prevention. For
full recommendations, please see below links. For a webcast of summary discussions
held by each group, visit this address: http://real-e.nist.gov/essasia/
For
recommendations and closing discussions, please visit the links below:
Closing
discussion
Recommendations
in electrical installation codes area
Recommendations
in electrical product standards area
Recommendations
in electrical installation inspection area
Recommendations
in 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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