The relationship between pollution and lightning incidence has long been pointed out by many experts, but an unexpected situation allowed a great step forward in the study of this theory: WHO (World Health Organisation) recognized in March 2020 the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections as a pandemic.......
16 January, 2024No comment
Some may say that Early Streamer Emission (ESE) technology suffers from lack of experience. The main argument is the location of the ESE historic and prominent manufacturers: they are based in Western Europe with low lightning density compared to the other regions in the world......
10 November, 2023No comment
Fundamental and applied research, test procedures, experimentation, prototyping … these phases are absolutely vital for every type of industries, prior to a product launch. But a product success, ie. its actual use in the said industry, relies on the field experience. As an example, a......
10 November, 2021No comment
The 2018 International Lightning Protection Symposium in Shenzhen, China has encountered a massive success. Thanks to the perfect organization of ILPA partners in China, it offers a unique opportunity to the scientific community to meet and exchange: high quality papers have been presented and during......
16 July, 2019No comment
Lightning Protection experts are opposing for more than three decades the traditional Benjamin Franklin lightning rod to the recent Early Streamer Emission lightning protection systems. Every lightning-dedicated conference, every incident, every new standard release is a new opportunity for a new dispute. One or another......
15 July, 2019No comment
After various editions in Chamonix or Porto, ILPA is glad to announce that the next symposium ILPS 2018 will take place in the nice city of SHENZHEN in CHINA on 25 and 26 October 2018. The ILPS2018 will be organized by ILPA in conjunction with......
22 March, 2018No comment
Nowadays, data center are strategic structures both exposed to cyber-attacks and physical attacks....
28 November, 2017No comment
You can have an idea about the papers to be present at our symposium in April, consulting the document: SOME ABSTRACTS O THE PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM Fo more infomations please consult: www.ilps2016.org Your presence it is important....
08 March, 2016No commentOne more National Standard about Protection against Lightning published. This time in the Republic of Angola. This standard includes: Risk assessement, convencional rods,ESE rods, earthing systems and a guide about lightning warning systems. The standard was publish on March 2015 ad his number is NA......
15 September, 2015No commentAs previously announced, the next symposium ILPS will take place in the beautiful city of Porto-Portugal on 21 and 22 April 2016. The ILPS2016 will be organized by ILPA in conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering of Porto and will take place in the college......
26 June, 2015No commentFernanda Maria Sousa Cruz President Portuguese 81 Lightning Protection Committee Lisbon, Portugal. Document available Here....
26 June, 2010No comment