Environmental News and Events

July 9, 2009: Washington Laboratories is a founding partner of the Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership (MDAEP). Check out the happenings at Spiralcat of Maryland. Tremendous improvements and robust scientific advances have occurred within the agriculture industry over the past few years. Don't miss this unique opportunity for you to hear from the agricultural community not only about the biomass innovations with the agriculture sector.

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July 14, 2009: Vietnam is approaching the problems of Global Warming with the intensity they deserve. Considering that a large segment of her population lives at sea level, the focus on mitigation and adjusting to the impending changes are paramount. The MDAEP is hosting training for a delegation of Vietnamese experts as part of George Washington Universities Program for International Studies in Asia. Join us for training and a reception on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

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Heirman on Standards: The State of International Harmony

Standards are the wheels on which our industry rolls along. Keeping the wheels on the rails is what train aficionado and CISPR Chair Don Heirman does. Here, Don visits the cafe and gives an overview of the CISPR mission, structure and regulations and important upcoming changes to the standards that govern EMC for many commercial products.

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International Opportunities for Cooperation

September 9-11, 2009: NIST is organizing a delegation of experts to provide training under its Standards in Trade Workshop. This workshop will examine standards, conformity assessment and technical regulations aspects of fire safety for new and recent buildings (residential, commercial and industrial buildings of new construction, or less than ten years old) in Vietnam.

The workshop will include discussions about fire resistance of building structures and its content, active and passive fire protection and detection systems, and access/egress design and implementation. For more information contact Mike Violette: mikev@wll.com

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Folks Stopping By

We’ve hosted a few delegations from Jiangsu Province (home of Nanjing) recently. China’s development has greatly impacted the adoption of western building codes and standards. More interesting is the process that they are developing to cope with the frenetic building activity that one witnesses in China. We gave an overview of building safety and general practices for equipment evaluation. Front page http://www.wll.com.