MEETING MINUTES
IEEE - IAS
Gray Book Working Group
Monday October 1, 2001
11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon
Columbine Room
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
Attending:
Minutes by:
Dick Becker
P. “Ben” Chavdarian
Ray Clark
Jim Harvey
Barry Hornberger
R. Gerald (Jerry) Irvine
T. David Mills
Dan Neeser
Dev Paul
Anthony (Tony) Rhein
Toni Rice
Devendra Soni
Toni Rice, Volunteer Meeting Secretary
1. Opening:
Called to order by Jerry Irvine, Chairman.
2. Introductions:
Introduction of working group members and guests.
3. Remembrance:
Remembrance of those who design, maintain, and work in Commercial Buildings:
Ray Clark advised that Siemens had a division working in the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001
when the buildings were attacked. Fortunately all were able to escape safely from the attack.
Condolences were expressed for those others unable to escape the tragedy.
4.
Chapter Status Reports:
Status Reports:
Chapter 1 Introduction: T. David Mills, Chair
The chapter is complete. A chapter revision in progress will include Construction Specification Institute
information.
Chapter 2 Load Characteristics: Dick Becker and Toni Rice:
The chapter is complete. A chapter revision in progress will provide additional load density data.
Chapter 3 Voltage Characteristics: R. Gerald Irvine and Don Ruthman
The chapter is complete. A chapter revision in progress will provide more current information on
world power system voltages and also include a table of nominal IEC voltages.
Chapter 4: Power Sources and Distribution Systems: Tom Degenaro, Chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 5: Power Distribution Apparatus: Jerry Baskin, Chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 6: Controllers: Adrienne Hendrickson, Chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 7: Services, Vaults, and Electrical Equipment Rooms: Barry Hornberger, Chair
The chapter is complete. Revisions are in progress to include recommendations on locating essential electrical
rooms above flood levels and other considerations. Conversation of units describing ventilation requirements for
transformer vaults from the Inch-Pound system to Metric is complex. The chapter chair will communicate with the
IEEE Metrication Committee, Bruce Barrow, for advice.
Chapter 8: Wiring Systems: Chris Durland, Chair
The chapter is complete. Recommendations on the utilization of low-smoke/limited smoke conductors, “circuit
integrity” conductors, and similar conductors are expected to be included in a revision.
Chapter 9: System Protection and Coordination: Ray Clark and Peter Sutherland, Co-Chairs
The chapter is complete. Ray Clark advised that contributors should send the specific text they are recommending
for any proposed changes.
Chapter 10: Lighting: Thomas A. Lemons, Chair
The chapter is complete. David Mills and Dick Becker offered to review the chapter.
Chapter 11: Electric Space Conditioning: Marvin Thedford, Chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 12: Vertical Transportation: Patrick Welch, Chair.
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 13: Communication and Signal System Planning: Doug Bors, Chair
The chapter is complete. A revision to the chapter will include additional information
on structured cabling systems.
Chapter 14: Facility Automation: Doug Bors: chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 15: Expansion, Modernization, and Rehabilitation: Ted Cross, Chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 16: Special Requirements by Occupancy: George Ritchie, Chair
The chapter is complete.
Chapter 17: Electrical Energy Management: Carl Becker and Jerry Irvine
The chapter is complete. A revision to the chapter is in progress and will include new information
on NEMA Standards, metering, and data acquisition.
Discussion Items:
In light of the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center towers Chapter Chairs were asked to review
their work. Some discussion items:
[1] Lighting practices:
(a) Minimum levels of exit light luminaire Ingress Protection
(Ingress Protection is the IEC terminology for enclosure protection from water,
dust, and contact) so as to provide luminaires with integrity from enveloping dust.
(b) Exit lights include integral batteries instead of solely relying on power from other sources
(c) Self-diagnostic exit lights and/or systems that can remotely check the status of the exit lights be required.
(d) Increased emphasize on the importance of securing lighting troffers per ASME Std 510 so
the luminaires remain in the ceiling grid during seismic or severe vibration disturbances
[2] Electrical equipment rooms:
Requirements to consider locations for essential facilities such as standby generating units and
main switchboards above flood levels and away from water piping used for air-conditioning or plumbing.
It was noted that a few years ago in downtown Chicago many commercial buildings near the Chicago Canal
experienced losses to electrical equipment when there was a contractor ruptured the Chicago Canal wall that then
allowed all the interconnected tunnels between buildings to be flooded.
Similarly when the World Trade Center attacks occurred a major telecommunications company lost the use of their
standby generators when water piping burst and flooded the generating units.
[3] Stairway communications:
Requirements for voice communications from enclosed fire stairways.
Some stairways are presently designed to prevent exiting intermediate floors, that is, upon entering a stairway, a
person may find that all doors are locked except the door at the ground level.
[4] Equipment security from seismic and vibration:
Requirements to anchor switchboards, motor control centers, and other equipment with factoryprovided anchoring systems, to the floor rather than allow the equipment to remain unanchored.
[5] Cabling systems:
Requirements for specific cable types in high-rise buildings or similar buildings.
[6] Power distribution systems
Requirements for multiple distributed power sources for essential equipment.
5. Preparing Chapters for Balloting by Use of the IEEE Template
Instructions were given on the preparing the chapters for balloting by use of the IEEE Template.
The purpose of the IEEE Template is to set standards for margins, for paragraph numbering, for
headers, footers, and the IEEE copyright statement.
Microsoft Word version 6 or higher is required to use the IEEE Template.
Procedures in detail for use of the IEEE Template are to be made available on the IEEE Gray Book
web site (URL: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/241) Education Page as a hypertext link to the appropriate
instructions at the IEEE Standards web site.
Chapter Chairs are encouraged to complete the conversion of the chapter drafts into the IEEE Template by
Thanksgiving Day, 22 November 2001.
6. Graphics
Chapters using graphics from the previous edition need only reference the illustration number from the previous
edition.
Chapters using new graphics should be prepared to send the illustrations separately upon request.
Graphics may be a JPEG file or an illustration in paper form.
7. Permission Letters
Chapters with copyrighted material need to secure permission letters from the publisher or author
and be prepared to send the letters upon request.
8. Reviewers and Contributors
Chapter Chairs may designate Reviewers and Contributors for this edition.
9. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned on schedule at 12 Noon.