SYNOPSIS

Industrialisation and modernisation has spread rapidly among Asian countries, especially Malaysia. Consequently, this implies increasing design, installation, testing, operation and maintenance for more industrial complexes, business districts, shopping districts, railway stations, and high-density residential areas, leading to complex electrical networks for distribution of power, as well as the increasing awareness of electrical safety. IEC 60364 is an important standard in protection against electric shock and the preparation of International Standards in Low-Voltage Electrical Installations (supply voltage up to 1kV A.C. or 1,5kV D.C., except those installations covered by the following IEC committees: TC9, TC18, TC44, TC97, TC99).

The objective of the standards is:
• To lay down requirements for installation and co-ordination of electrical equipment.
• To lay down basic safety requirements for protection against electric shock for us
   by technical committees.
• To lay down safety requirements for protection against other hazards arising from
   the use of electricity.
• To give general guidance to IEC member countries that may have need of
   such requirements.
• To facilitate international exchanges that may be hampered by differences
   in national regulations.

The standard targets for consistency among:
• All IEC Technical Committees for protection against electric shock for Low-Voltage
   fixed electrical installations.
• Installation designers, electrical contractors, installation inspectors, maintenance
   persons and related parties.

IEM Electrical Engineering Technical Division has organised “One Day Seminar on IEC 60364 Standard” in cooperation with Schneider Electric Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. which will focus on informing participants on the knowledge of IEC 60364 standard overview and development, protection for safety, selection and erection of electrical equipment, and special installations or locations. This seminar will bring together industry experts, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, owners, developers, engineering firms, and academic institutions, to benefit from large group gathering and focusing on the way forward for IEC 60364 and electrical safety.


ABOUT THE SPEAKER

1. Mr. Jacques Peronnet

Mr. Jacques Peronnet has been working in the past 25 years in the Energy Sector. He has built a comprehensive experience from energy generation up to end use thanks to various positions in Schneider Electric in technical matters, marketing and strategy in the field of automation, high voltage and low voltage. In its present position in the Building Business Unit of Schneider Electric, he is leading the standardisation of the low voltage installation topic. He is very active in the standardisation at IEC level as well as in TC64 as convenor of MT41 Energy Efficiency, MT3 External Influences, as expert in many working groups of TC64 and is a member of the ACEE Advisory Committee on Energy Efficiency and SEG4 System Evaluation Group on D.C. current. He is also involved in Cenelec as expert or as convenor in many working groups of TC64.

He received the IEC 1906 award in 2015. He was recently nominated as Chairman of IEC TC64 “Electrical Installations and Protection Against Electric Shock” for the period from July 2017 to June 2023. Mr. Peronnet graduated in General Engineering from Ecole Supérieure D'Ingénieurs En Génie Electrique, France in 1987.

2. Ir. Lim Kim Ten

Ir. Lim Kim Ten graduated in B.E (Hons) from University of Malaya in 1979 and M.Sc. (Electrical) from National University of Singapore in 1990.

He has extensive experiences in low voltage electrical installations of buildings, industrial, healthcare facilities, and oil and gas industries. He is actively involved in Malaysian low voltage electrical standard developments, especially low voltage electrical installation standards such as alternate member of MyENC: Malaysian National Electrotechnical Committee, SWO–Ej–TC1:  Standard Writing Committee on Electrical Installation, Protection and Insulation, and Technical Committee developing Malaysian standards for healthcare facilities. Moreover, Ir. K.T. Lim is actively involved in electronics, systems and PCB design engineering, as speaker in conferences and course instructor in specialised industrial electrical and electronic engineering.

3. Mr. Yam Hong

Mr. Yam Hong has been with Schneider Electric since 1989 and has over 25 years of experience specialising in Data Centres, Critical Facilities & Infrastructures. During this time, he has roles spanning training, project management, sales, solution engineering and services. Currently Mr. Yam is responsible for formulating and executing business strategies to grow the Enterprise Power and Cooling business in the East Asian region. As a subject matter expert on Critical Power, he works closely with the Regional country teams and partners in designing and optimising critical power and cooling solutions in the Data Centre and Secure Power space. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Mr Yam had honed his technical skills and gained wide exposure with stints at various MNCs, namely, General Electric, Motorola & National Semiconductor. Mr Yam has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the RMIT University, Australia in 1998, Diploma in Electronics & Comms from the Singapore Polytechnic and a Diploma in Mgt. Studies from the SIM University, Singapore in the year 1989.