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Sustainable Lab Design
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (Tampa/Gainesville)
Few facility types consume more energy than a research and development laboratory. Sustainability in laboratory design is imperative to proactively reduce the energy consumption and improve the environmental conditions within the facility. Opportunities exist on examining the various building mechanical/electrical systems within a lab and their corresponding energy consumption. The typical lab space require 10 or more fresh air changes per hour with very little chance of using standard energy recovery. Then there are the fume hoods, which dispense gases and vapors created by lab experiments to the outside before they can contaminate the indoor air. A fume hood basically is a dumb box with a movable sash window on the front. Researchers raise the sash, place their hands through the “face,” or open area, and perform their work through this protective glass. The HVAC system has to be designed to protect the technician from airborne hazards coming out of this sheet metal furniture. These fume hoods typically operate 24 hours a day. With air circulating through the sashes at 100 feet per minute (FPM), fume hoods create considerable exhaust flow and affect many aspects of the HVAC design. This presentation deals with a typical lab facility and how to design sustainability and safety into a state of the art system.
Presenters are Joe Limpert, P.E. and James Tatone, P.E., LEED AP
Sustainable Hospital Design
SSR Engineering (Nashville)
This presentation will deal with these opportunities provided by a typical hospital design and how these opportunities were realized while minimizing the financial impact of the project.
Hospital and other health care facilities are being driven to get their cost under control as well as minimize their impact on the environment. In hospitals, the primary concern is the patient and insuring a safe and high quality experience. This must be achieved as thoroughly identifying all sustainability opportunities early in the design phase and implementing them as effectively as possible.
Presenter is Jacob Halcom
Sustainable Office Building Design
TLC Engineering (Tampa)
.png) Walker Brands building has achieved U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold! The 8,000-sf office building is the City of Tampa's first LEED-certified building and TLC's 22nd LEED-certified project. Teamed with Beck, TLC provided MEP, C&T, LEED consulting and commissioning for the building,  which was completed in April 2008. The design achieved a 30% water use reduction over baseline, features lighting controls and lots of daylighting, insulated glass, and a cool roof. Six independent A/C zones and temperature controls in each office provide maximum comfort and optimized energy performance. The HVAC system uses CFC-free refrigerants that minimize the emission of compounds which contribute to global warming.
Presenter is Al LaPera CxA, LEED AP
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