TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces Addendum 1: Revised Temperature and Humidity Guidelines for Telecommunications Spaces

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (January 27, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.3 Engineering Committee on Telecommunications Administration, Pathways, Spaces, Bonding and Grounding (569) has issued a call for interest for document ANSI/TIA-569-E-1 initially titled ” Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces Addendum 1: Revised Temperature and Humidity Guidelines for Telecommunications Spaces”. TR-42.3 is developing guidelines in the area defined by the following scope: ” This Addendum specifies new temperature and humidity recommendations for telecommunications spaces.  The new recommendations are harmonized with ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments, 5^th edition.”

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Data center and computer room owners, operators, engineers, consultants, and designers.

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities.

For more information about TR-42 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact Cheryl Thibideau at standards-process@tiaonline.org.

A major function of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the writing and maintenance of voluntary industry standards and specifications. These activities are carried out by the volunteer members of TIA engineering committees. On the public engineering committee pages, users will find recent meeting reports, agendas and notices for upcoming meetings, as well as links to some of the most popular standards from each committee. TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).