Forum Session: Energy-use and sustainable design concepts for advanced science research buildings

Energy and sustainability. To get energy-efficiency and sustainable design for a lab building project with a fixed capital budget without sacrificing the science program, re-think conventional “sizing” guidelines on space and systems. Victor Cardona examines two nationally-prominent, LEED-planned, advanced research buildings to reveal planning details, metrics, and results of such an approach. From LBNL’s Molecular Foundry and NREL’s Science and Technology Facility, both 2006 Energy Saver Award Winners and LEED registered projects, he demonstrates successful design, construction, and financial decisions, plus lessons learned, involving energy use, fume hoods, lighting, water, HVAC, and space allocation.

This session is approved by the AIA for continuing education credit.

• Victor J. Cardona, AIA , Vice President - SmithGroup, Inc.