What's New > ESTA Standards Watch - April 9, 2021
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The latest issue of ESTA Standards Watch is now available here.
News items in this issue include:
- Five ESTA standards in public review.
- New events guidance for England.
- FCC extends comment time on 12.2-12.7 GHz “flexible use.”
- FCC changes access to suicide prevention counseling and dialing.
- WTO Technical Barrier to Trade notifications: electric motors in Turkey; portable laser devices in the Republic of Korea; and general-purpose microcomputers in China.
- ANSI public reviews: AC & DC power systems on boats; evaluating zero net energy and zero net carbon; BIM for ICT; NEMA standard for motors and generators; and lighting equipment harmonic emissions.
- BSI public review: LED light source characteristics.
- CSA public reviews: changing volts-to-ground to volts; and filer respirator performance.
- New ANS projects: two A14 ladder standards; and the ICC standard for bleachers, grandstands, and telescopic seating.
- Final approvals on American National Standards: AV system energy management; industrial facility lighting; crash testing guardrails and posts; and UL standards for speaker safety and luminaire safety.
- Draft IEC & ISO docs: Smart Cities; cloud computing data flow; a couple on LED light source characteristics; luminaire performance; and electric toothbrush performance evaluation.
- Recently published IEC & ISO docs: five standards for human resource management; and part 3 of IEC 61000 for a mere $2,385.00.
- TSP meeting schedules for April and July.
- TSP donors who have made long-term, multi-year pledges.
- Investors in Innovation, supporters of ESTA's Technical Standards Program.
The archive of all the Standards News and Standards Watch issues back to the beginning of 2011 is available here.