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  This Issue's Stories                                                                          January 3, 2008

1. Managing risk: A look at the NFPA 99 standard for healthcare facilities
2. 2007 Product of the Year
3. 2007 ARC Awards: Winning through quality and communications
4. Other news about fire, life safety, and security
5. Calendar of events

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1. Managing risk: A look at the NFPA 99 standard for healthcare facilities
The vital signs for the NFPA 99 Standard for Health Care Facilities were released as a first edition in 1984, the current edition in 2005, and the next edition is due in 2010. Its scope covers electrical, gas/vacuum, and environmental systems for healthcare facilities, including hospitals, laboratories, nursing homes, and limited care facilities.
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2. 2007 Product of the Year
It's time once again to unveil the winners of our annual reader choice Product of the Year competition. Our judges chose gold, silver, and bronze winners in 10 different system categories, including fire protection. Note: Product entries are due Feb. 15, 2008, for next year's awards.
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3. 2007 ARC Awards: Winning through quality and communications
In judging Consulting-Specifying Engineer's sixth annual Advancing, Reinvigorating, and Cultivating excellence in engineering (ARC Awards), we decided to keep it simple, awarding three projects for new construction and two for renovation/reconstruction. In doing so, the achievements demonstrated by the winning projects stand out in the engineering community.
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4. Other news about fire, life safety, and security
5. Calendar of events
Review this year’s conferences and events.
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New Products - Intelligent fire alarm control panels, PTZ cameras, audio/visual notification appliances, and IP communication modules for FACPs.
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December 6, 2007

National Electric Code for Generators

If you are a design, sales or consulting engineer, you do not want to miss this! 

On Thursday, December 6 at 1:00pm CST Consulting-Specifying Engineer and Generac Power Systems, Inc. will be conducting an approximately 90 minute Webcast titled, “National Electric Code for Generators.” You will not only earn continuing education units, but also gain a greater understanding of how the NEC addresses all of the issues associated with generators. The NEC plays an integral role in your profession so register now, it will be time well spent!

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Originally broadcast
November 29, 2007

Engineering and Commissioning High-Tech Green Buildings

High-tech buildings, which include data centers, research laboratories, and clean rooms are energy intensive, uptime critical, and very specialized in terms of materials that can be used for construction. These parameters present very difficult decisions regarding sustainability. How green can these buildings really go? Register Here!

Originally broadcast
September 20, 2007

 Specifying the Right Links: Emergency Power for Data Centers

Whether it’s the New York Stock Exchange or the local branch bank, lending institutions or casinos—in fact, for any facilities that handles key financial data—100% uptime is a must. And when there is a power event, this kind of reliability depends on a seamless system of transferring power from primary to backup systems. In this Webcast, we take a close-up look at the design technical details of switching from utility to on-site standby power and coordinating all the equipment in an emergency power system to protect vital data. Watch this webcast now!
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June 21, 2007

How to Address Integration and Interoperability for Campus Mass-Notification Systems

The catastrophic events at Virginia Tech demonstrated that regardless of a campuses size or complexity, command and control needs to be highly centralized, widely coordinated, and immediately responsive. The need to integrate fire, life-safety, security, evacuation, and emergency notification systems in many building environments has surged, and CSE is proud to present security-system expert William Sako, executive vice president, RJA, as the instructor for this how-to Webcast. Watch this webcast now!
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