Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) is currently
in the final stage of submitting a green building grant for a new
15,000 square-foot research facility in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Approaching
the schematic design phase, the plan for the new facility is being
developed by a team of architects, who have registered the facility
with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for LEED®
certification. The new building will be set within native landscaping
and natural rain gardens and will be linked to existing structures
that will also undergo green improvements.
With the help of Labs21 through this Partner project, MDIBL plans
to improve the efficiency of their systems and energy use, with
the goals of optimizing water and energy use by 30 and 50 percent
respectively. Labs21 tools will be useful in planning the heating,
ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems of the facility
and will also be helpful in achieving the management goals of the
existing buildings. The possibilities of utilizing renewable power
and various green technologies for the new facility systems are
also being discussed.
For more information, visit MDIBL's
Green Building Initiative Web page.
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL)
is an independent, nonprofit marine research institution founded
in 1898 and located in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Year round and seasonal
research is conducted at MDIBL in the areas of marine biomedicine
and physiology, marine molecular biology and functional genomics,
bioinformatics, environmental toxicology and toxicogenomics, transgenic
species, and neuroscience. For more information, visit MDIBL's
Web site.
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