July focus: Safety and the environment
Electricity is readily available and widely used. Do we question whether what we are doing might be dangerous, either for ourselves or for our entourage? The answer, of course, thanks to IEC International Standards, is no!

Taking a balanced approach between competing priorities and issues such as product function and performance, health and safety, together with regulatory requirements

Virtualizing trade – economies of electricity – recent article by Ronnie Amit, IEC General Secretary and CEO, published on WTO website

IEC President speaks at 50th General Assembly of CENELEC

IEC Global Visions show strategic importance of standards in business – 3rd video on-line

Lites.asia held in China provides platform for technical exchange on international lighting standardization

GridWeek 2010 – major global conference for Smart Grid experts

Standards make the world go round – 2nd IFAN worldwide poster contest

IEC Standards on medical safety recognized by US FDA – certification based on IEC 60601 Series

IECEx-certified cordless caplamps make underground mining safer

New structure for IECQ documentation with easier identification

The importance of safeguarding – protecting the environment to maintain the quality of human life. Twin imperatives of the two SMB Advisory Committees, ACOS and ACEA

ACOS guidelines cover numerous types of hazards related to many pieces of equipment or systems that use electrotechnology

Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Making for coherency: the role of the IEC Editing team

When hazards become opportunities – View from the chair of IEC TC 111

IEC President updates PASC members in Mongolia on dynamic programme of IEC work and projects

Recent IEC nominations

Affiliate Plus status of Rwanda

Environmentally conscious design and product life cycle thinking – IEC TC 111 and IEC 62430

Lasers celebrate 50 years – IEC TC 76 guides laser safety standards to worldwide acceptance

Safety of temporary electrical installations - a summer theme with the IEC 60364-7 Series and other seasonal International Standards

Three pre-release (FDIS) safety standards on man-machine interfaces; quick-connect terminations; and transformers/power supply units for construction sites, available from the IEC Webstore