Case Studies

I²SL case studies help to highlight sustainable features in engineering, architecture, and facilities management. Numerous facilities have implemented high-performance design features into new or retrofit laboratory projects. Each case study provides information on a variety of sustainable concepts in laboratory design.

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Evaluating Performance

• Getting Everyone on the Same Page Without the Page (2010)

  • Galen Lif, AIA, LEED AP, PGAV Architects
  • Gary Micheel, Kansas Bioscience Authority

• Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Saves $152,173 in Annual Energy Costs in a Single R&D Building While Improving Comfort, Sustainability, Reliability and Compliance (2014)

  • Analytika

Laboratory Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Teams with Aircuity and Wins “Best Research Facility Energy Project in New England” (2012)

  • Aircuity

• Dedicated to Achieving a Sustainable Campus (2010)

  • Aircuity

• Initial Aircuity Implementation Helps Cut Energy Costs at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute by More than $1 Million (2011)

  • Aircuity
• Materials Research Lab and Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (2021)
  • Materials Research Lab and Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Lab

• Ottawa Heart Institute Finds Dramatic Energy Savings in a Duct Sealing Technology to Stop Cross-Building Contamination (2012)

  • Michelle Emond, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Robert Seals, Aeroseal LLC

• Significant Energy Savings through Smart Lab Design and Demand Control Ventilation (2012)

  • Aircuity

• Smart Laboratories Cut Energy Consumption More Than Half: Better Buildings Challenge Demonstration Project (2013) (470 KB, 10 pp)

  • Wendell C. Brase, University of California, Irvine

Sustainable Architecture

• Collaboration, Interaction and Connectivity at Illumina's Europe, Middle East and Africa Headquarters

  • Alistair Cory, Gensler
  • Justin Cratty, Gensler

• Going Green and Beyond: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (2006)

  • Phil Wirdzek, International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories

• Laboratory Resilience Case Studies

• Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California (2010)
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden (2010)

  • David Mann, Booth Hansen
  • Jean Gibbons, Grumman-Butkus
• Science and Technology Facility, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado (2010)
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• The Louis Stokes Laboratories, Building 50, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (2021)
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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