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DESCRIPTION:Seminar Outline:\nLightning and overvoltage transients cause te
 ns of billions of dollars of damage and related losses each\nyear in diffe
 rent industries across the world. With the prevalence of sensitive electri
 cal and electronic\nequipment in all modern structures and facilities\, vu
 lnerability to the damaging effects of lightning\nstrikes is now higher th
 an it has ever been in the past.\n\nIn this presentation\, attendees will 
 be taken through the key steps required to ensure their facility can\nwith
 stand the deleterious effects of direct and indirect lightning flashes. To
 pics covered will include\nlightning risk assessment\, a comprehensive fou
 r-step approach to protecting the site\, the methods\nincluded in codes an
 d standards and personnel safety issues.\n\nHowever\, the major emphasis o
 f the presentation will be to outline the most significant changes that\nh
 ave been introduced into the new Australian lightning protection standard\
 , AS 1768-2021. The\nchanges that have been made in AS 1768 with regard to
  direct-strike protection\, surge protection and\nearthing will be highlig
 hted and discussed conceptually and practically.\n\nThis presentation will
  suit a wide target audience\, but particular and immediate benefit will b
 e derived\nby attendees with an interest in lightning protection that are:
  (a) engineers\, (b) consultants\, (c)\ncontractors\, (d) designers\, (e) 
 system integrators\, (f) end users and facility managers\, and (g) buildin
 g\nservices personnel.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE PES UQ Student Branch\n\nS
 peaker(s): Dr D’Alessandro\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org
 /m/306352
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306352
ORGANIZER:saha@itee.uq.edu.au
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Comprehensive Lightning Protection and the New Australian Standard 
 AS 1768-2021
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X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Seminar Outline:<br />Lightning and overvo
 ltage transients cause tens of billions of dollars of damage and related l
 osses each<br />year in different industries across the world. With the pr
 evalence of sensitive electrical and electronic<br />equipment in all mode
 rn structures and facilities\, vulnerability to the damaging effects of li
 ghtning<br />strikes is now higher than it has ever been in the past.</p>\
 n<p><br />In this presentation\, attendees will be taken through the key s
 teps required to ensure their facility can<br />withstand the deleterious 
 effects of direct and indirect lightning flashes. Topics covered will incl
 ude<br />lightning risk assessment\, a comprehensive four-step approach to
  protecting the site\, the methods<br />included in codes and standards an
 d personnel safety issues.</p>\n<p><br />However\, the major emphasis of t
 he presentation will be to outline the most significant changes that<br />
 have been introduced into the new Australian lightning protection standard
 \, AS 1768-2021. The<br />changes that have been made in AS 1768 with rega
 rd to direct-strike protection\, surge protection and<br />earthing will b
 e highlighted and discussed conceptually and practically.</p>\n<p><br />Th
 is presentation will suit a wide target audience\, but particular and imme
 diate benefit will be derived<br />by attendees with an interest in lightn
 ing protection that are: (a) engineers\, (b) consultants\, (c)<br />contra
 ctors\, (d) designers\, (e) system integrators\, (f) end users and facilit
 y managers\, and (g) building<br />services personnel.</p>
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