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INDUSTRY NEWS
PUBLICATIONOF SA/SNZ TS
1158.6ANDMODIFIEDADOPTION
OF IEC 60598.2.3
Standards Australia (SA) Technical
Committee LG-002,
Lighting for
Roads and Public Spaces
,
has
completed a multi-stage process
to revise AS/NZS 1158.6:2010,
Lighting for Roads and Public
Spaces – Part 6: Luminaires
.
SA has now published SA/
SNZ TS 1158.6,
Lighting for roads
and public spaces - Luminaires
- Performance,
and AS/NZS
60598.2.3,
Particular requirements
- Luminaires for road and street
lighting
.
This began as a process to
revise AS/NZS 1158.6:2010 to
accommodate LED technology
requirements. Following multiple
rounds of public and stakeholder
consultation, it was decided
that the most appropriate way
forward was a modified text
adoption of IEC 60598.2.3 by
technical committee EL-041,
Lamps and Related Equipment,
to address safety requirements
for luminaires, and a technical
specification regarding
performance requirements by
LG-002.
AS/NZS 60598.2.3 covers the
minimum safety requirements.
It is a modified adoption of the
IEC standard, due to the varying
operating and environmental
conditions found in Australia and
New Zealand.
SA/SNZ TS 1158.6 forms part
of the AS/NZS 1158 series, which
covers lighting schemes for the
generality of roads and outdoor
public areas. The document defines
enhanced luminaire performance
and durability provisions to
account for extreme Australian and
New Zealand conditions.
nbn has recently released its
Lead-in
Trenching Requirements
guide that
outlines its requirements for lead-in
trenching from the nbn boundary to the
building entry point.
The document is intended to provide
guidance to property developers,
consultants, builders and customers on
how to locate the nbn property entry
point and the nbn lead-in requirements
for the premises.
nbn requires the property developer,
builder or customer to provide a suitable
trench for the installation of nbn lead-in
cabling between the nbn property entry
point and the building entry point.
nbn states in the document that
the trench must be constructed and
reinstated (together with any termite
barriers and other building elements) in
accordance with all relevant laws and
regulations (which may vary between
states and territories).
For new building construction, nbn
recommends the use of a trench provided
for, or to be shared with, another service
(e.g. the electrical mains power).
For established premises, the nbn
trench must be kept well away from
any other existing underground
services for safety reasons and to avoid
damaging the other services.
VET FEE-HELPREFORMSAPPROVED
The Federal Government’s
Higher
Education Amendment (VET FEE-HELP
Reform) Bill 2015
passed through the
Senate last week with the support of
the Opposition and minor parties.
The new rules, which came into effect
on 1 January 2016, provide greater
protections for students and seeks
to increase the standards of the VET
sector through the stamping out of
unscrupulous marketing and enrolment
practices. These amendments include:
§Ŷ
providers must assess the student’s
capacity to undertake the course for
which they are enrolling;
§Ŷ
stronger safeguards for under 18
year old students so that they cannot
be signed up for a VET FEE-HELP loan
without parental consent;
§Ŷ
new entry requirements for registered
training organisations seeking to
become a VET FEE-HELP provider;
§Ŷ
pausing payments to training
providers for new enrolments until
concerns about poor performance
are addressed
NECA chief executive Suresh
Manickam has welcomed the new
measures as good news that seeks to
address industry concerns about VET
provider performance.
REVISIONOF INSTALLATION
REQUIREMENTS FORGRID
CONNECTIONOF ENERGYSYSTEMS
VIA INVERTERS
Standards Australia has recently
published AS/NZS 4777.2,
Grid connection
of energy systems via inverters – Part
2: Inverter requirements
. Prepared by
Technical Committee EL-042,
Renewable
Energy Power Supply Systems &
Equipment
, this standard replaces AS
4777.2-2005 and AS 4777.3-2005.
Much anticipated by industry, it defines
minimum performance and safety
requirements. Its scope focuses on the
design, construction and operation of
inverters intended for use in inverter
energy systems for the injection of electric
power through an electrical installation
into the grid.
“With more than 1.4 million inverter
energy systems already installed Australia
wide and another 130,000 inverter energy
systems being added each year ,this
standard is important for all Australians,”
EL-042 chairman Nigel Wilmot says.
This standard falls within AS/NZS
4777, which will shortly see the addition
of AS/NZS 4777.1,
Grid connection of
energy systems via inverters – Part 1:
Installation requirements
.
Publication is anticipated for 2016.
NBNRELEASES LEAD-INTRENCHINGGUIDE FORNBN