Laboratories for the 21st Century Best Practices Guides
Laboratories for the 21st Century (Labs21) best practices guides outline the design, construction, and operation of specific technologies that contribute to energy efficiency and sustainability. The guides cover actual laboratory implementations, highlighting quantifiable performance goals and methods.
Best management practices are available across the following topics:
- Chilled Beams in Laboratories
- Optimizing Laboratory Ventilation Rates
- Commissioning Ventilated Containment Systems in Laboratories
- Modeling Exhaust Dispersion for Specifying Acceptable Exhaust/Intake Designs
- Manifolding Laboratory Exhaust Systems
- Low-Pressure-Drop HVAC Design for Laboratories
- Laboratories for the 21st Century: Best Practices; Energy Recovery in Laboratory Facilities
- On-Site Power Systems for Laboratories
- Water Efficiency Guide for Laboratories
- Efficient Electric Lighting in Laboratories
- Daylighting in laboratories
- Minimizing Reheat Energy Use in Laboratories
- Right-Sizing Laboratory Equipment Loads
- Metrics and Benchmarks for Energy Efficiency in Laboratories
- Laboratory Modeling Guidelines using ASHRAE 90.1-2007 Appendix G
Technical Bulletins
Technical bulletins provide information on the design, construction, and operation of specific technologies that contribute to energy efficiency and sustainability in laboratories. Technical bulletins are similar to the best practices guides, but are more narrowly focused on specific implementations.