Labs21 Workshop: Occupants Matter: Sustainable Design Meets
Researchers
Presented by:
Laboratory Research and Technical Staff (LabRATS) of the University of
California (UC) Santa Barbara and UC Davis
Sustainable design of laboratories sometimes assumes idealized occupant behavior, such as closing fume hood sashes when finished with them or not placing warm appliances next to thermostats. Conversely, laboratory occupants sometimes assume their behavior does not effect building operations, such as when they deactivate fume hood alarms.
This half-day workshop targets designers, engineers, operations and maintenance staff, and laboratory occupants to educate them on the collaborative practices that can be done to ensure maximum efficiency from electrical and mechanical systems, and the building as a whole. In turn, this collaboration with researchers may lead to more restrained design requests, where systems deemed unnecessary by the laboratory occupants could be eliminated.
Some topics discussed during this workshop include:
- Temperature settings
- Hazard and heat compartmentalizing
- Zone lighting
- Closing fume hood sashes
- Other energy and water saving techniques
Who Should Attend This Course?
This half-day workshop targets designers, engineers, operations and maintenance staff, and laboratory occupants to educate them on the collaborative practices that can be done to ensure maximum efficiency from electrical and mechanical systems, and the building as a whole. In turn, this collaboration with researchers may lead to more restrained design requests, where systems deemed unnecessary by the laboratory occupants could be eliminated.
LabRATS is the recipient of the 2008 Go Beyond Award for an organization.