A chairman’s Award for Contribution to Standards by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) went to Stewart Taylor, of Eaton’s Cooper Security.
Taylor, who is due to retire at the end of the year, has been the chairman of the Security Equipment Manufacturers Section (SEMS) Technical Committee (TC/1) since February 2004, and has worked on raising industry-manufacturing standards. He’s Technical Director of Eaton’s Cooper Security business. He said: “I’m honoured to receive the Chairman’s Award for Contribution to Standards from the BSIA, I am particularly proud of the work we have done together in TC/1. It is very rewarding to be ending my career on such a high note.”
Taylor is also a member of the BSIA installer’s technical committee (SSSTC) and a member of a number of British Standards Institute (BSI) standards committees, including GW/1/1 (manufacturing standards) and GW/1/2 (Installed alarm system standards). He serves as a member of the European CENELEC WG11 (Wire Free alarms) standards committee, with a role in the recent revision of the EN50131-5-3 wire-free alarms standard. He is also a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) interoperability-working group.
Beyond those industry positions, Taylor has championed and lobbied for effective wire-free standards for years. He was fully engaged with the BSIA in the Ofcom wire free Short Range Device (SRD) spectrum discussions. He was also involved in lobbying for SRD testing at the Ofcom test centre at Baldock, to study the potential impact of the new mobile communication system (4G – LTE) on alarm system SRD products. Taylor has also contributed to discussions between CENELEC TC/79 and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) TG 28 regarding a new standard for wire-free alarm systems.
To view a complete list of this year’s winners, please visit www.bsia.co.uk.
Pictured: Stewart Taylor (centre) receiving this award from Geoff Zeidler (left) and James Kelly (right). The 2013 awards lunch was on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at the London Hilton. James Kelly, chief executive of the BSIA, said: “The BSIA is always keen to ensure that the efforts and talents of personnel who make invaluable contributions towards maintaining high standards in our industry are not overlooked. The awards give us the opportunity to recognise and reward individuals and teams that continue to exceed our expectations year upon year.”
About Cooper Security
It’s a business unit of Eaton’s Cooper Safety Division, part of the electrical business of Eaton. Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in November 2012. Eaton has 103,000 employees and sells to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.
