Strategic Initiatives

Digitalization and the Internet of Things

• Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing Material Certification
  To provide industry guidance on use cases, safety concerns, and standardization gaps, to advocate for the appropriate certification of additive manufacturing materials, and to advocate for increased federal research and development funding.
• Augmented Reality in the Electroindustry
  To publish an electroindustry-tailored whitepaper of use cases, opportunities, and shortcomings of augmented reality, and to demonstrate how the unique functionality of augmented reality can be used to improve compliance with codes and standards.
  
• Blockchain Technical Guidance for the Electroindustry
  To develop technical industry guidance detailing use cases (e.g., reliability, resilience, distributed energy resources, transportation) and best practices for the use of blockchain in electrical products and systems.
  
• Digitalization of Construction Projects with Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  To develop technical industry guidance to promote the use of building information modeling (BIM) systems in building construction, which will increase efficiency throughout the entire lifecycle of a construction project.
• Smart Manufacturing/Industrial IoT
  To include NEMA priorities on smart manufacturing and the Industrial Internet of Things in Standards and government policies.

Electrification

• Building Rating and Labeling Feasibility Study
  To determine the feasibility of establishing one or multiple commercial and/or residential building rating and labeling systems to promote the adoption of above-code energy-efficient, safe, reliable, and sustainable electric products.
• Electrified Agriculture
  To promote the safe and efficient use of electricity in modern agricultural practices.

Market Development

• Future of Standards
  To modernize and accelerate the development process for NEMA Standards and other technical documents.
• Materials in Products and Buildings/Circular Economy
  To assess the lifecycle impact of certain materials, identify future regulatory issues, and promote successful recycling programs.
• Seismic Activity Standards
  To create an industry-developed standard to define product-specific guidelines for seismic qualification of electrical equipment to commercial building codes, and to create and advocate for seismic building code provisions.

Medical Imaging

• Cybersecurity
  To identify legislative and regulatory policies that would promote cybersecurity protection of medical imaging equipment, and to convene a stakeholder group (inclusive of larger hospital systems) to advocate for mutual policy objectives.
  

Workforce Development

• Industry Promotion Toolkit
  To promote the use of the NEMA digital workforce development toolkit (including video content and online distribution platform) that will help Members promote the benefits of a career in electromanufacturing to middle school and high school students. 
  
• Pre-Apprenticeship Program
  To assist Members in establishing a pre-apprenticeship program in collaboration with their local high schools. NEMA will provide training on how to implement a program, as well as best practices for company apprenticeship programs.