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Sustainability in Lab Design Doesn’t Need to Mean a Reduction in Durability or Increased Material Costs
This presentation covers current design trends with particular focus on sustainable lab design. We will raise discussion points covering the importance of EPDs and HPDs and provide an overview of embodied carbon. Answering the question what it is and the importance of understanding what manufacturers of building materials and related materials need to address/are addressing. We will then summarize the different material life cycle stages and where there are opportunities to reduce embodied carbon without impacting design and building/occupier requirements. Focus will then be narrowed to material selection in the lab with emphasis on work surfaces.
Speaker
Dawn Jacobs, Lab Sales Director, Fundermax North America
Dawn Jacobs was one of the founding members of an epoxy manufacturer to the laboratory and related markets. Since this time, she has immersed herself in the educational, research, biotech and industrial laboratory industries. Joining Fundermax North America in May 2020, her focus is exclusive to the laboratory sector across North America. She is Co-chair to the SEFA Work-surface committee and sits on the Phenolic Casework committee. Dawn is also an active member of i2SL and SLCan. With deep-rooted beliefs in sustainable manufacturing, Dawn is continually looking for ways to enable a reduction in carbon footprint.
Date and Time
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Portfolio Carbon Planning
To realize a low carbon future and meet Canada’s GHG emission reduction targets it is well understood that as well as new construction performance our existing building stock will require aggressive carbon retrofits. But where to start? The proposed case study will outline the development of a zero-carbon retrofit plan for large portfolios of buildings in Canada. Prototype energy model development and calibration as well as application of the prototype calibrated model to the portfolio will be highlighted. The results of selected energy conservation measures (ECMs) based on climate zone, location, and electric grid carbon density; renewable energy generation requirements and capital/operational cost implications will be discussed; as well as the uncertainty in model inputs for the prototype building and portfolio, and resultant impact on predicted energy/carbon savings.
Speaker:
Joel Good, M.A.Sc., P.Eng Principal, RWDI
Joel Good is a Principal and the Sustainability Practice Area Leader with RWDI. He is a trusted advisor to design teams that aim to create comfortable, sustainable and resilient built environments in balance with a site’s natural resources and climatic risks.
Joel is a recognized industry leader, through research and practice, at incorporating future climate forecasting into the design process. He regularly advises portfolio and campus teams on climate change mitigation (decarbonization goal-setting, planning, and tracking) and climate change adaptation (risk assessment, understanding vulnerabilities, and proposing mitigation measures). Joel is a Certified Passive House Consultant and WELL Faculty member.
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex
The recently completed Science and Engineering Complex is the most ambitious project ever undertaken by Harvard University. The 550,000 sf facility houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) along with other research programs, and is designed to be the premier facility of its type in the world. The building combines wet research labs, teaching labs, dry labs, classrooms/lecture halls, a dining/kitchen facility, vivarium and various support spaces, all built around a massive eight story atrium.
The project employed a highly integrated design process to satisfy the aggressive project goals developed by Harvard and the Design Team. Among these goals were achieving the highest possible level of energy efficiency while providing a healthy environment for occupants and a high level of resiliency. This presentation will highlight the design process undertaken and the resulting architectural and mechanical/ electrical design strategies used to satisfy these goals. Strategies to be discussed include envelope and shading screen optimization, occupant comfort analysis, laboratory ventilation optimization, radiant heating and cooling systems, natural/mechanically induced ventilation, and high efficiency heat recovery with indirect evaporative cooling. Resiliency/flood mitigation measures and the elaborate water recycling/re-use system will be reviewed as well. The project has achieved LEED Platinum certification, with a projected EUI of 86 and Living Building Certification interiors certification for the Materials, Beauty and Equity petals.
Speakers
Matt Noblett, Partner, Behnisch Architekten
Robert Matthew (Matt) Noblett is a partner in Behnisch Architekten’s Boston office. Immersed in the world of drawing and model-building, Matt has over 20 years of experience directing highly complex civic, institutional, academic, and commercial projects. Upon joining Behnisch Architekten in 2007, Matt became director of the one-million-square-foot ILFI- and LEED Platinum-certified Harvard University Science & Engineering Complex. Other projects he has led include the John and Frances Angelos Law Center at the University of Baltimore, and the Portland State University School of Business Administration expansion and renovation. Prior to his time at Behnisch, Matt was a project manager at Rafael Viñoly Architects. He received his M.Arch at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dave Madigan, Principal, Van Zelm Engineers
Dave Madigan brings to his clients over thirty-five years of professional experience in new and renovated buildings in a variety of sectors that includes colleges and universities. A recognized expert on sustainable design, Dave has worked on numerous projects with high performance design objectives. Of particular note is Dave’s experience in the design and planning of high efficiency, sustainable laboratory facilities and the design and implementation of campus energy conservation measures. Dave holds a M.S. in Building Energy Engineering from University of Colorado and a B.C.E. degree from Villanova University. He is a LEEDTM Accredited Professional who has been using sustainable principles in design projects since the early 1980’s. A frequent lecturer on the practice of energy conservation and sustainable design, Dave has addressed industry groups such as ERAPPA, ASHRAE, APPA, NESEA, and I2SL.
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Designing Lab Exhausts for 2022 and beyond: An overview of the new I2SL Exhaust Stack Design Guide
An eagerly awaited 2021 I2SL Exhaust Design Guide builds on the 2011 Labs 21 Exhaust Design Guide advice and provides in-depth information on best practices from stack design to VAV exhaust control code. This talk gives an overview of the design guide with additional focus on energy efficient designs.
Wind tunnel and flow visualizations will provide a qualitative demonstration of general plume behaviour as a basis of the stack design recommendations and highlight weaknesses in common designs. Several common misconceptions on what constitutes “the best” lab exhaust design will be discussed including how to optimize exhaust sizing for a given range of design flows. This will include discussion of the three primary types of modern Variable Air Volume (VAV) exhaust control: simple turndown VAV, wind responsive VAV, and VAV with monitored exhaust. This will prepare any owner, operator, or designer to ask the right questions when investigating their laboratory exhaust system.
Speaker:
Ryan Parker, PhD, Senior Engineer, RWDI
Dr. Ryan Parker is an expert in exhaust dispersion modeling and laboratory exhaust systems and uses this knowledge to optimize safe operations. His experience goes beyond the lab and includes field implementation on a variety of exhaust systems.
Date and Time
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Retro-fitting and Forward-Thinking for Laboratories
This webinar, co-presented by Moriyama & Teshima Architects, Crossey Engineering and TMU, will explore the unique challenges and constraints associated with the addition of laboratories to existing buildings within an urban setting, while balancing sustainability goals, health, safety, and comfort expectations for occupants and the surrounding buildings.
The Centre for Urban Innovation (CUI) is uniquely situated on a dense campus setting in downtown Toronto. The development involved retrofitting and adding on to a 130-year-old heritage building to accommodate research laboratories, entrepreneurial spaces, and updated utilities. This facility is a hub for research and innovation in key urban issues focusing on food, water, and energy.
The site invoked unique challenges, both as a result of the heritage designation, and the presence of taller residential structures immediately adjacent to the CUI. The regulatory environment, combined with the development’s high level of visibility to neighbours, required early consideration of potential air quality and noise issues which can often be in direct conflict with the desire to reduce energy use.
Speaker
Patrick Waller, P.Eng., Senior Associate, Crossey Engineering Ltd.
Ronen Bauer, Partner, MORIYAMA & TESHIMA ARCHITECTS
Danny Baltazar PMP, LEED® GA, WELL AP, Project Manager, Facilities Management & Development, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)
Date and Time
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
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Speaker
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Date and Time
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST