Library

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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