Energy Reduction in Lab Buildings

HVAC - the key to savings.

Published May 2008

In general, as an industry we are over-designing tonnages for HVAC in lab buildings, and this offers a huge capital and operating cost-saving opportunity. To cut energy use in lab buildings, the quick, low-hanging fruit is in rebalancing air systems, replacing belts, doing yearly steam trap audits, and converting constant speed fans to variable frequency drives. You can also cut energy use by creating contained micro-environments for heat-generating equipment and targeting cooling solutions to those designated areas.

- From Tradeline's Research Facilities 2008 Conference