Operating Cost

  • Using Geothermal Exchange Systems to Achieve Zero Net Energy in Cold Climates

    Geoexchange Heat Pumps Maximize HVAC Performance of Highly Sustainable Labs
    Post date: 
    5-10-2017

    Geothermal heating and cooling exchange systems are proving to be a leading technology for achieving zero net energy consumption in cold climates. Geoexchange systems (also known as “geothermal heat pumps”) reduce energy consumption by using the earth to store heat and greatly improve HVAC efficiency. Using a network of closed-loop tubes buried deep underground, geoexchange systems require extensive planning, soil testing, and proper load design to function as intended, especially in energy-intensive lab environments. But when used with other strategies, they can play a significant role in reducing a facility’s HVAC-related energy use and carbon footprint.

  • Just Biotherapeutics Utilizes G-CON Prefabricated Cleanroom Pods in Hangzhou Bioprocessing Facility

    Post date: 
    3-29-2017
    Dateline: 
    Hangzhou, China

    Just Biotherapeutics is integrating PODs® made by G-CON Manufacturing into the construction of its biologics manufacturing building in China.

  • Drexel University Initiates Energy Efficiency Upgrades

    Post date: 
    3-24-2017
    Dateline: 
    Philadelphia

    Drexel University is initiating $6.6 million in energy efficiency upgrades at its Philadelphia campus.

  • Mayo Clinic Consolidates and Relocates Labs with Zero Downtime

    New Space Yields Improved Operational Efficiency, Cost Reduction, and Shared Equipment
    Post date: 
    3-8-2017

    Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) has relocated and consolidated three laboratories—Endocrine, Toxicology and Drug Monitoring, and the Proteomics Core Mass Spectrometry Development Lab (CMSL)—into a singular core mass spectrometry laboratory. The two-story, 65,000-gsf addition to the Superior Drive Support Center (SDSC) is 10 to 15 minutes from Mayo Clinic’s downtown Rochester, Minn., campus.

  • Centralized Research Support Facility Reaping Significant Benefits

    UCSD’s Unique New Design Could Signify Paradigm Shift
    Post date: 
    3-1-2017

    A new Centralized Research Support Facility (CRSF) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) has created a host of benefits for the university and its Animal Care Program, including almost $13 million in savings to date, with more savings expected when existing space is reassigned. The project could signal a paradigm shift as available research space shrinks, but consolidation/centralization requires significant operational and cultural shifts.

  • Getting the Most Valuable Design on a Biocontainment Project

    Smart Value Engineering Strategies can Yield Opportunities for Savings and Design Efficiency on BSL-3 Projects
    Post date: 
    2-22-2017

    Value engineering (VE) can save money on a BSL-3 project without compromising facility operations, lifecycle costs, regulatory compliance, or biocontainment requirements; if managed correctly, VE is an opportunity to improve a project, not just a cost-cutting tactic.

  • Bridging the Gap Between Designing and Operating High-Performance Buildings

    Overcoming Operational Constraints and Deficiencies to Improve Performance
    Post date: 
    11-16-2016

    High-performance buildings are designed with the innovative features and advanced technology necessary to sustain peak operating efficiency, but they frequently fail to live up to their full potential, due to a number of factors: inadequate staffing; a lack of correctly configured technology; and a lack of proper instruction, capabilities, and skill sets of employees. Incorporating a process of building optimization can prevent these shortcomings.

  • Improved Workplace Ventilation Shown in Studies to Double Cognitive Function Scores

    Separate Employee Surveys Being Used to Identify Drivers of Wellness
    Post date: 
    10-30-2016

    Because it’s expensive to heat and cool outdoor air drawn into a building, workspaces tend to be ventilated only enough to meet ASHRAE minimums or achieve a LEED credit. But air quality profoundly affects workers’ cognitive performance, and even modest increases in ventilation can yield productivity and health benefits that far exceed the cost, says Joseph Allen, assistant professor and director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

  • Pfizer Builds Global Biotechnology Center in China

    Post date: 
    7-14-2016
    Dateline: 
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Pfizer broke ground in late June of 2016 on the $350 million Global Biotechnology Center in China.

  • JHL Biotech Opens Modular Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility

    Post date: 
    6-6-2016
    Dateline: 
    Wuhan, China

    JHL Biotech opened a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in May of 2016 in Wuhan, China.

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