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Graham Chairs discussion panel in National Conference on Competence and Building Safety

6th March 2022

Our Managing Director, Graham Kenyon, was honoured to Chair a discussion panel at the recent IET National Conference for Electrotechnical & Building Safety Competence, on 31 January 2022.

The conference featured, keynote speaker, Dame Judith Hackitt, who discussed key points relating to accountability and competence including reference to her post-Grenfell report ‘Building a Safer Future’ (Jun 2019) which identified that the current system of building regulations and fire safety were not fit for purpose and that a culture change is needed to support the delivery of safe buildings.

Both parts of the National Conference are available to view on YouTube:

Working safely with energy storage and smart control technologies

19th March 2019

Imaged linked from IET Wiring Matters web-site

Many electrical installations now incorporate new technologies, including embedded generation and home or building automation systems. As use of these technologies becomes more widespread, we need to be ever mindful that control of power to a circuit no longer relies on simple human switching operations. Electrical energy storage technologies that are capable of operating in island mode, continue to provide power when the grid is isolated.

Some incidents that have occurred recently when implementing energy storage systems outside the UK prompted Dr Andrew Crossland and myself to write an article for IET’s Wiring Matters. The article highlights the risks, and discusses safe isolation.

Click here to read the article in IET’s Wiring Matters.

Further guidance on electrical energy storage systems can be found in the IET Code of Practice for Electrical Energy Storage Systems.

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Draft for Public Comment (DPC) for IET Code of Practice for Electric Vehicle Charging Installations, 3rd Edition

1st February 2018 / 1 Comment on Draft for Public Comment (DPC) for IET Code of Practice for Electric Vehicle Charging Installations, 3rd Edition

Cover of IET CoP for EV charging installations, 2nd Edition

The 3rd Edition of the IET Code of practice for electric vehicle charging installations is due to be published later in 2018.

A draft for public comment is now available from the IET web-site: https://www.theiet.org/resources/standards/dpc-ev-3rd-ed.cfm

The consultation period will end on 28 February 2018, and all comments must be submitted to the IET by this date, in accordance with the instructions in the link above.

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