INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS GROUP TO CONVENE AT EQUIP EXPO
“General Interest” stakeholders to participate on consensus bodies and U.S. Technical Advisory Groups for standards development activities. Contact Greg Knott at gknott@opei. org for standard development participation information.
The International Organization for Standardization’s TC 195 Working Group 6 (WG6) will meet at Equip Exposition this October to continue development of the next revision of the ISO 19432-2, International Standard for Building construction machinery and equipment — Portable, hand-held, internal combustion engine-driven abrasive cutting machines — Part 2: Machines for abrasive chains — Safety requirements.
ISO EXPERTS MEET IN GERMANY ON AUTONOMOUS LAWNMOWERS
OPEI members participated as U.S. delegates/experts at a May 23-25 meeting of ISO TC 23 SC 13 WG 13 in Walldorf, Ger- many, to continue development of a new ISO standard for larger form autonomous lawnmowers powered by internal combustion engines. These machines are largely anticipated to be used in commercial applications and require a standard different from those adopted for smaller, residential robotic mowers. The group is also intent on working in coordination with colleagues involved in committee work through the Inter- national Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) where parallel standards development has begun for machines powered by battery. The ISO group will be convening a series of virtual meetings this summer and fall, and then plan to meet in-per- son again Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the OPEI offices in Alexandria. Also, in the spirit of cooperation between parallel ISO and IEC committee work, OPEI members continue to work through a cooperative effort to adopt new international stan- dards for battery-powered riding mowers of all forms, with the intent of maximum harmonization with the long-standing requirements of ISO and ANSI standards for ICE-powered lawnmowers, wherever practical. IEC MAKES PROGRESS ON BATTERY ELECTRIC PRODUCT STANDARDS The IEC’s Technical Committee 116 Working Group 7 and 10 virtually met in late March, mid-April, and May to continue its electric standard development efforts. OPEI, in conjunction with member experts, supported committee efforts on the preparation of international safety standards for battery and electric motor operated lawn and garden machinery. The committee’s work will continue with additional WG7 meetings scheduled for June to continue reviewing 62841-1 comments. Other committee meetings are scheduled for September, October, and November.
TURFMUTT FOUNDATION PUBLISHES NEW LESSON PLANS WITH USGBC LEARNING LAB The TurfMutt Foundation has released 10 new lesson plans for students in grades K-8 that are now available on the TurfMutt web site and in the USGBC Learning Lab. They are designed as a fun and engaging way for students to learn valuable science lessons in their own backyard, a park, or school yard. In the lessons plans, superhero and Foundation “spokes- dog,” Mulligan the TurfMutt, with her “outdoor power” pals Big Rooty, Water Warrior, the Green Ranger, and Professor Botany, battle the environmental “bad buys” including Car- bon Creep, Dust Demon, Heat Freak, and Dr. Runoff. The curriculum’s hero, Mulligan, is real-life rescue dog, rescued by Kris Kiser, OPEI and Foundation President, a few years ago. “Having a dog as a spokesperson of our program makes it ‘sticky’ for kids. And no one loves a yard and green space more than a dog,” he says. “Children may be more apt to learn valuable lessons right in their own backyard or school yard from a fun-loving, adventurer like Mulligan the TurfMutt.” TurfMutt’s past education curriculum has reached more than 70 million children, educators and families since 2009.
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