Pre-Conference Training
Labs21 Workshop: Environmental Performance Criteria
Monday, October 1, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $150
With the growing demand for high performance, low-energy, facilities, the need for an assessment system to classify these sustainable buildings becomes essential. The Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria (EPC), a point-based rating system that assesses the environmental performance of laboratories, has emerged as a solution. EPC builds on the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system by adding credits and prerequisites pertaining to laboratories.
This workshop will introduce EPC and cover such issues as credits and prerequisites, technologies and strategies that can be used to meet EPC requirements, cost implications of meeting those requirements, and sustainable design processes developed from the Labs21 Tool Kit. All conference attendees are encouraged to attend and learn how to be at the forefront of sustainable laboratory assessment.