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Pandemic Preparedness and Resilience
- SLCan Pandemic Preparedness Guide for Laboratories - Available to members only. Please log into your account to access it under the Members Only menu, and select the Member Resources page. Not a member? Join today at https://slcan.ca/membership/.
- I2SL Best Practices Guide: Laboratory Resilience - International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories
- ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force Laboratory Subcommittee Guidance Document - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Academia
- The New Normal in Funding University Science - Issues in Science and Technology
- University Driven Green Lab Initiatives Continue to Point the Way - Lab Manager
Carbon Neutral Labs
- Napolitano focuses on sustainability, forms global climate council - University of California
- Napolitano lays out vision for climate advisory council - University of California
- A zero-net-energy teaching lab - Laboratory Design
Construction
- Leveraging construction BIM in facility management and research operations - Laboratory Design
- Building for the future - Gilbane Building Company
Evaluating Performance
- McGraw-Hill SmartMarket Report | Business Value of BIM – North America | 2012 - Bradley BIM-Revit Resource Portal
- Chemistry labs: How the new math changes everything - Laboratory Design
- Cutting lab energy use through operation and behavioral measures - Laboratory Design
- How BIM Can Improve Building Efficiency - Facilitiesnet
- The importance of BIM and efficient lab systems at the Collaborative Life Sciences Building and Skourtes Tower - Laboratory Design
- Lab sustainability: Time to look at waste vapors? - Laboratory Design
- Laying the foundation for sustainable lab operations and management with BIM - Laboratory Design
- Modifying energy auditors’ behavior to align with facility owner’s needs - Laboratory Design
- Research defined by the precision of empirical measurement - Laboratory Design
- Significance of operational and climatic parameters in lab HVAC system selection - Laboratory Design
Financing
- Cutting-edge lab design on an office budget - Laboratory Design
- The top ten triple bottom line for lab design - Laboratory Design
Laboratory Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Systems
- Applying an intelligent high-efficiency energy-recovery system - Laboratory Design
- Automated washing principles and common mistakes - Laboratory Design
- Case studies in selecting a differentiated ultra-low temperature freezer - Laboratory Design
- The elephant in the room: Addressing plug loads in labs - Laboratory Design
- Energy-efficient HVAC for labs in hot, humid climates - Laboratory Design
- Energy optimization and reuse through systems integration - Laboratory Design
- Showcase Project: Laboratory Building 236 Ventilation Upgrade - U.S. Department of Energy
- LAV: Reinventing HVAC systems for extremely low pressure drop energy efficiency - Laboratory Design
- Multidisciplinary research building adapts energy conservation, flexibility to meet specific user needs - Laboratory Design
- Your toolkit for good lab exhaust design - Laboratory Design
Laboratory Operations and Maintenance
- BIM offers university tools and capabilities that support their O&Ms and facilities management - Laboratory Design
- Complexity: Is it worth it? - Laboratory Design
- Cost-effective sustainability and 'the cost of LEEDv4' - Laboratory Design
- Rock the Watt: Lessons Learned From a Conservation Campaign at PNNL - Laboratory Design
- Validating cost and energy savings from Shut the Sash programs at Harvard - Laboratory Design
Specialty Laboratories
- Agensys: A happy marriage between energy-efficient design, space flexibility and budget - Laboratory Design
- Building a sustainable research future on hallowed ground - Laboratory Design
- High-performance labs in challenging climates - Laboratory Design
- Lab sustainability: In what ways do voluntary green lab programs make an institutional impact? - Laboratory Design
- LEED Gold BSL-3 forensics pathology autopsy lab - Laboratory Design
- Masdar City: Technology cluster hub facilities used in designing the Masdar Headquarters, UAE - Laboratory Design
- Public-private partnerships: Right-sizing research and production - Laboratory Design
- Right-sizing energy-efficient cleanrooms: Lessons learned from Harvard LISE and other peer institutions - Laboratory Design
- Walking the walk: Engaging environmental health labs to establish a model for sustainability - Laboratory Design
Sustainable Architecture
- Adapting to platinum: A case study of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Earth Sciences Building - Laboratory Design
- Challenges in designing flexible cleanroom/lab facilities - Laboratory Design
- Research workplace: Blurring the lines - Laboratory Design
- SIUE New Wet Sciences Building: A unique perspective on sustainability through architecture, technology and innovative teaching models - Laboratory Design