Resources
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| 03/18/2015 |
Energy Benchmarking Tool (Labs 21) Featured The purpose of this benchmarking database tool is to allow laboratory owners to compare the performance of their laboratory facilities to similar facilities and thereby help identify potential energy cost savings opportunities. |
Labs 21 Energy Benchmarking Tool | |
| 03/12/2015 |
Market Assessment of Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Laboratories Featured Joint utility project that: 1) Estimates the number and types of labs in California; 2) Estimates the number and types of energy-consuming and water-consuming equipment used in California labs; 3) Assesses operational and behavioral opportunities for ef |
Market Assessment | |
| 07/01/2014 |
A Guide to Navigating Building and Fire Codes for Laboratories Featured Recent changes in lab ventilation technologies have created new opportunities for conserving energy while maintaining a safe work environment.This guide provides an overview of these opportunities and how they are rel |
 Guide Navigating Bldg Fire Codes_2014.pdf |
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| 03/11/2013 |
Minimizing Simultaneous Heating and Cooling in Existing Laboratory Buildings with Reheat Systems Featured If your building Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system is equipped with reheat, you can apply the techniques discussed here to identify and quantify the excessive heating and cooling energy associate |
Reheat Systems in Labs_2013.pdf |
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| 04/06/2018 |
Energy use and savings potential for laboratory fume hoods Fume hoods—small but essential safety devices used in laboratory environments—are highly energy-intensive, each one consuming more energy than three homes in an average U.S. climate. |
fh_energy_lbnl (1).pdf Energy use and savings potential for laboratory fume hoods |
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| 09/08/2016 |
Smart Labs Fact Sheet Fact Sheet for the Better Buildings Smart Labs Accelerator. |
SmartLabsAcc_FactSheet090816.pdf |
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| 09/08/2016 |
Smart Labs Partnership Agreement Partnership Agreement for the Better Buildings Smart Labs Accelerator. |
SmartLabsAcc_PA090816.pdf |
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| 11/04/2015 |
My Green Lab My Green Lab is a non-profit made up of former scientists and engineers who care about the environment. My Green Lab seeks to bring green technology and practices to institutions, companies, and scientific laboratories in order to achieve a safe, |
Link to My Green Lab | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Sustainable Healthcare Architecture (Book for Purchase) Design, restorative building, biophilia, enhanced air quality and high performance building systems. Written by leading national experts on the subject -- one of whom was recognized by Time magazine as a green innovator -- Sustainable Healthcare Archite |
For purchase on Amazon | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Energy IQ EnergyIQ is an action-oriented benchmarking tool for non-residential buildings. Energy managers, building owners, architects and engineers use it to identify energy efficiency opportunities, save money, and reduce carbon emissions. |
Energy IQ | |
| 07/13/2015 |
The Center for Health Design (CHD) website CHD's mission is to transform healthcare environments for a healthier, safer world through design research, education, and advocacy (health care sustainability group). |
CHD | |
| 07/13/2015 | Building Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities (For Purchase on Amazon) | For purchase on Amazon | |
| 07/13/2015 | American College of Healthcare Executives website | ACHE | |
| 07/13/2015 |
The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) website The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) is an informal, international partnership among like-minded countries to strengthen health preparedness and response globally to threats of biological, chemical, radio-nuclear terrorism (CBRN) and pandemic in |
GHSI | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities This report reviews previous guidelines and strategies for preventing environment-associated infections in health-care facilities and offers recommendations. Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPA |
CDC | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) website The AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) improves the quality of healthcare through design by developing, documenting, and disseminating knowledge; educating healthcare architects and other related constituencies; advancing the practice of healt |
AAH | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Healthcare Without Harm website Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups |
Healthcare Without Harm | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Source Energy and Emission Factors for Energy Use in Buildings This report provides the energy and emission factors to calculate the source energy and emissions for electricity and fuels delivered to a facility and combustion of fuels at a facility. Author(s): Deru, M. and P. |
NREL | |
| 07/13/2015 |
American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) website With more than 11,000 members, ASHE is the largest association devoted to optimizing the health care physical environment. |
ASHE | |
| 07/13/2015 |
Practice Green Health website Practice Greenhealth is the source for environmental solutions for the healthcare sector and lends support to create better, safer, greener workplaces and communities. |
Practice Green Health | |
| 07/13/2015 |
PG&E Commercial Building Report The Commercial Building Survey was a data collection effort involving the on-site survey of almost 1,000 commercial customers chosen to represent the population of commercial buildings in PG&E’s electric service territory. |
PG&E | |
| 07/13/2015 |
American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) website Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. |
ASHRAE | |
| 07/13/2015 | LEED 2009 for Healthcare (Guide) | LEED | |
| 07/13/2015 |
California Society for Healthcare Engineering (CSHE) website The California Society for Healthcare Engineering, Inc. (CSHE) is the California chapter of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). |
CSHE | |
| 07/13/2015 |
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) - Healthcare website NEEA engages major hospitals and healthcare systems in rural and urban areas in the region to adopt strategic energy management (SEM) as a means to organize their approach and commitment to energy performance outcomes. |
NEEA |