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Best Practice Guides and Technical Bulletins provide information on design, construction, and operation of specific technologies that contribute to energy efficiency and sustainability in laboratories. The guides include information from actual implementation of these technologies in various laboratory facilities by highlighting quantifiable performance goals and possible methods to achieve them. Technical Bulletins are similar to the guides, but are more narrowly focused on specific implementations.

Labs21 Best Practice Guides

• Chilled Beams (PDF, 15 pp., 3.0 MB)
  
  
• Optimizing Laboratory Ventilation Rates (PDF, 13 pp., 1.22 MB)
  
  
• Commissioning Ventilated Containment Systems in the Laboratory (PDF, 8 pp., 2.8 MB)
  
  
• Laboratory Guidelines Using ASHRAE 90.1—2007 Appendix G (PDF, 8 pp., 85 KB)
  
  
• Metrics and Benchmarks for Energy Efficiency in Laboratories (PDF 11 pp., 1.06 MB)
  
  
• Manifolding Laboratory Exhaust Systems (PDF 10 pp., 410 KB)
  
  
• Efficient Electric Lighting in Laboratories (PDF 10 pp., 759 KB)
  
  
• Minimizing Reheat Energy Use in Laboratories (PDF 8 pp., 392 KB)
  
  
• Right-Sizing Laboratory Equipment Loads (PDF 8 pp., 546 KB)
  
  
• Modeling Exhaust Dispersion for Specifying Acceptable Exhaust/Intake Designs (PDF 8 pp., 428 KB)
  
  
• Water Efficiency Guide for Laboratories (PDF 12 pp., 504 KB)
  
  
• Low-Pressure-Drop HVAC Design for Laboratories (PDF, 8 pp., 385 KB)
  
  
• Daylighting in Laboratories (PDF, 8 pp., 572 KB)
  
  
• Energy Recovery for Ventilation Air in Laboratories (PDF, 8 pp., 301 KB)
  
  
• On-Site Power Systems for Laboratories (PDF, 8 pp., 509 KB)

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Technical Bulletins

• Aerosol Ductwork Sealing in Laboratory Facilities (PDF 6 pp., 179 KB)
  
  
• Modular Boiler Systems in Laboratory Facilities (PDF 7 pp., 193 KB)
  
  
• Measured Peak Equipment Loads in Laboratories (PDF 6 pp., 190 KB)
  
  
• Retro-Commissioning Laboratories for Energy Efficiency (PDF 7 pp., 244 KB)
  
  System Static Pressure Optimization (PDF 6 pp., 195 KB)

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Industry Volunteers
All the Labs21 guides and bulletins are developed with input from industry experts. Labs21 invites industry experts to assist in developing additional guides and bulletins. If you are interested in lending your expertise, please contact the Labs21 technical team, as indicated below.

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For more information, contact:

Otto Van Geet
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Phone: 303 384-7369
Fax: 303 384-7330
E-mail: otto_vangeet@nrel.gov

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