HVAC Design for a Sustainable Lab- on demand webinar series
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Starting at 11:00am EDT
Join Lab Design and our experts for this free on demand webinar series which will explain the environmental significance and cost savings associated with reducing energy use in lab facilities, and the role that HVAC systems play in sustainable lab design
Watch on demand
Laboratory facilities use much more energy than most other types of buildings, and a large portion of this energy usage comes from ventilation systems. HVAC systems in a typical lab are vital for contamination control, air quality, and occupant comfort, and must therefore operate at peak performance.
Lab Design will host its HVAC Design for a Sustainable Lab webinar series on March 19, 2024. This virtual event will feature expert insight on installing and maintaining HVAC systems in your lab, and the questions that lab planners, architects, lab end users, and others need to ask when beginning a lab build or renovation project. Learn how to incorporate an HVAC system into the design and construction of a lab facility, and how to plan for future operation and maintenance of the system. Discover the financial benefits of a sustainable lab, tips for better energy efficiency, the latest technology related to HVAC design and remote monitoring, and more. An interactive Q&A session with each speaker will follow their presentation.
Each webinar in this free event can be attended live and/or on demand. Sign up once to access all the webinars in this series.
Learning objectives:
Learn how, when, and why the design of your HVAC system is incorporated into your overall lab planning process
Discover how a sustainably designed lab can improve your energy efficiency and maximize your ROI
Understand how new technology can help you operate and maintain your lab’s HVAC system
Develop a thorough list of questions to bring to your lab’s kickoff meeting as you plan your new build or renovation project
Lab Design is an AIA CES approved education provider
Sessions
HVAC Design Approaches for Sustainable Laboratories
11:00 am EDT
HVAC systems in a typical laboratory facility can use five to 10 times as much energy as the systems in a typical office building. This higher energy use is due to many factors, including 100 percent outside air systems, 24-hour-a-day operation, high internal heat gains, high air change rate requirements, equipment exhaust requirements, and high fan energy. With this significant energy use, the incentive for creative sustainable design grows—not only to create forward-thinking research spaces, but to maximize a lab’s ROI.
In this webinar, approaches to create sustainable laboratory systems will be presented at an accessible level for a wide audience. These approaches will include broader categories and specific design features with examples. Included will be not only direct HVAC items, but also how architectural design, laboratory planning, and operational decisions can impact savings. Future trends in sustainable design, including electrification and wellness design, will be presented.
Learning objectives:
Learn and understand how laboratory HVAC systems operate, providing a base from which to explore design approaches to create more sustainable laboratories.
Learn four general approaches and, inside each, specific design paths to reduce the amount of outside air required to serve laboratory spaces.
Learn how small decisions in architectural design and laboratory planning can make big impacts on HVAC system energy use.
Understand energy recovery system options and how they reduce energy use.
Identify operational and control approaches that can significantly reduce energy use.
Learn about future trends in laboratory HVAC system design and wellness design features for laboratory uses.
This course is approved by AIA CES for 1 LU
Speaker
Greg Johnson, PE
Partner
Newcomb & Boyd
Lab HVAC Resilience: Aspects of a More Sustainable Future
12:30 pm EDT
Beyond providing lab safety, appropriate environments for research, and low-carbon performance, the design of laboratory HVAC systems may anticipate how the lab’s usage may change, how the lab may be adaptive to such change, and what threats the operation of HVAC systems may face.
This presentation will address aspects of resilience for such a sustainable future. Though the future is unknown, designers may anticipate ranges of possible system capacity needs and how best to accommodate those. Designers may provide rational and robust pathways for both initial and unidentified future services. And they may consider and practically address the most likely internal and external threats to ongoing lab HVAC performance.
Learning objectives:
Consider levels of capacity resilience appropriate for lab HVAC systems
Identify means of integrating system service pathways with the building and structure
Address internal and external threats to HVAC performance
Anticipate other aspects of resilience affecting the design of HVAC systems
This course is approved by AIA CES for 1 LU
Speakers
George Karidis, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Vice President and Design Director
SmithGroup
Kurt Cunningham, PE
Associate Mechanical Engineer
SmithGroup
Watch on demand
The information you provide will be shared with the sponsors of this content. Lab Design or its sponsors may contact you to offer you content or products based on your interest in this topic. You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time. For information on how to unsubscribe, our privacy practices, and commitment to protecting your privacy, check out our Privacy Policy