Abstract: Say farewell to your toggle switches! The future is here and like so many other things, lighting is becoming automated. Driven by government mandated energy programs, lighting control requirements are becoming more stringent but also more useful.
This presentation was fascinating as Douglas Braun went through the …
The COVID health emergency forced the postponement of the planned 8-hour in-person Workshop on Energy Storage scheduled for March. Rising to the challenge, (PI)2 officers James Mercier and Andrew Bluiett worked with David Hood and Daniel Youngs of Saft Battery Systems and Thomas Domitrovich of Eaton to …
Scott Hinson, CTO for Pecan Street, Inc, provided insights on energy use changes due to the COVID pandemic “Stay-At-Home” orders. The Pecan Street unique Real-Life test bed is ideally suited to provide detailed data on residential energy usage changes. The Pecan Sweet staff conducts groundbreaking …
Webex Meeting
Dr. Ross Baldick, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin introduced changes to the traditional planning and operation of the electricity system to motivate consideration of sector coupling in the context of increased renewables, that …
Webex Meeting
Steve McMinns, LCRA Remote Sensing Specialist presented the ways in which UAVs have been implemented at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to assist in structure inspections, mapping, thermal inspections, videography, and safety. UAV’s reduce the cost and risks of inspections and can effectively track equipment condition. …
Michael Allgeier, Critical Infrastructure Security Director, ERCOT, gave an interesting and informative talk about protecting our Critical Infrastructure and understanding the various threats to it. He described what Critical Infrastructure is and why should we care, and discussed what’s being done about it and what still needs to …
On January 28, 2020, Franklin Bohac, P.E., Field Application Engineer, Electrification with ABB Industrial Solutions, spoke at the IEEE (PI)2 Austin Technical Meeting on “Digital Concepts for Medium Voltage Switchgear: Applications and Value Proposition – Safety, Simplicity and Speed”. The focus was on the benefits of digital …
This two-day workshop took a deep dive into NEC 2020 National Electrical Code changes. The NEC changes were reviewed focusing on major areas of the power distribution systems which are affected by the latest changes and not on the typical Article by Article, Section by …
For this interesting and informative talk, our speaker was Michael Sims, PE, Director of Compliance & Enforcement for the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. While the words “compliance” and ethics” may sound dry, our speaker made it interesting with audience participation in …
Speaker: Eddie Schoenthal, Pre-Construction Services, Bonded Lighting Protection
Abstract: An in-depth overview of:
The risks lightning poses to unprotected buildings
The 5 essential elements to a proper lightning protection system
The standards lightning protection systems should meet
Some non-conventional methods of lightning protection
Other considerations for designing lightning protection
Location: Cover 3,2700 W …
