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Marine Laboratory Working Group

 

Current Lead: Phil Wirdzek

Coordinated by: I²SL

Working Group Projects

Learn about the activities of this working group

Working group members are committed to:

• Convening regularly to have discussions on marine laboratory projects, challenges, lessons learned, and strategies and finding ways to share this information with a broader marine laboratory community.
• Reviewing current sustainable marine laboratories and developing best practices for new and retrofit facilities.
• Identifying research needs and product development that could support development of sustainable marine laboratories.

Get Involved

The working group consists of and invites experts in marine laboratory design and engineering, consulting, facility management, operations, and ownership. Members are encouraged to contribute their technical expertise, facility information, and experiences.

If you would like to join the Marine Laboratory Working Group, please contact I²SL.

Working Group Activities

• The third call of the Marine Laboratory Working Group was held on April 26, 2011.

  • The working group reviewed and commented on the benchmarking questionnaire developed after the last call, and will finalize and distribute the questionnaire in May 2011.
  • The working group discussed the U.S. Virgin Islands Marine Research and Education Center (MREC) project and International Sustainable Laboratory Student Design Competition.
  • The opportunity to tour the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Atlantic Ecology Division (EPA AED) Laboratory at the Labs21 2011 Annual Conference was also presented to the group.

• The second call of the Marine Laboratory Working Group was held on January 19, 2011. The working group discussed challenges for marine laboratory facilities around the world, which the group discovered tend to be similar no matter the location of the laboratory. The working group will aim to develop a marine laboratory questionnaire to find out more about the needs of this community and determine facility benchmarks. The next working group call will take place in Spring 2011.

• This working group first convened on September 30, 2010, at the Labs21 2010 Annual Conference with a small meeting that covered a wide array of projects—from Canada's planned Arctic research station to the Marine Research and Education Center in St. Croix Virgin Islands. This group will hold regular calls over the next several months to discuss challenges and lessons learned on various marine laboratory projects.

 

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