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Beyond Equipment: The Hidden Impact of Laboratory Infrastructure
How integrated infrastructure helps laboratories improve safety and sustainability
Inside the Facility Advancing Ocean Robotics Research
A new facility at the University of Rhode Island brings together ocean engineering, robotics, and marine science with a purpose-built test tank, high-bay staging area, flexible labs, and collaborative spaces designed to move technologies from prototype to deployment
Decarbonizing Labs Through Thermal Energy Networks
As laboratories face growing pressure to decarbonize, thermal energy networks offer a path beyond building-by-building electrification. Charlie Marino and Victor Sanchez shared how campuses can leverage shared infrastructure, heat recovery, and strategic planning to reduce emissions, during their 2026 Lab Design Conference session
Laboratories Need an Identity Layer for Their Building Records
A structural failure during a Manhattan building conversion exposed the risks of disconnected facility records. For laboratories, where spaces evolve constantly, maintaining a continuous history of every system and modification may require a new approach to how facility identity is managed
Project Profile: University of North Texas at Dallas—STEM Building
The University of North Texas at Dallas’ new STEM Building will provide flexible teaching, research, and collaborative spaces that support interdisciplinary STEM education, advanced research, and expanded opportunities for first-generation and community-based learners
Building Tomorrow's Lab Design Leaders
As senior leaders prepare for retirement and new roles, science and technology firms are embedding mentorship, knowledge sharing, and leadership development into everyday practice to build the next generation of laboratory design leaders
Modernizing a Cleanroom for Next-Gen Semiconductor Research
Binghamton University's upgraded Nanofabrication Laboratory demonstrates how careful planning, infrastructure modernization, and cross-disciplinary collaboration can transform an aging cleanroom into a flexible research and workforce development asset
Turning Industrial Space into a Modern Lab
Converting industrial space into a high-performance laboratory requires more than infrastructure upgrades. At the 2026 Lab Design Conference, Mukesh Jani explained why stakeholder engagement, healthy workplaces, and long-term planning were the keys to success
Why Biotech Startups Are Rethinking Lab Location
As biotech startups look beyond funding, site selection is increasingly driven by access to talent, laboratory infrastructure, and innovation ecosystems that can support growth from discovery through commercialization
Designing Life Sciences Real Estate for Growth and Talent
As life sciences companies evolve and competition for talent intensifies, developers are rethinking laboratory campuses with adaptable infrastructure, faster occupancy, and employee-focused environments