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How Safety Codes and Standards Impact Energy Use
and Energy Codes Impact Safety - Finding the Right Balance without
Sacrificing Safety, Energy or Resources
J. Patrick
Carpenter, Kling
Objectives:
This paper will review in qualitative and quantitative
terms the specific requirements of many major laboratory health,
safety and ventilation standards in the context of their impact
on Energy Consumption. It will compare issues such as face velocities,
duct velocities room, pressurizations, ventilation rates and space
conditions to illustrate how variations in each parameter potentially
affect annual energy use in laboratories. Using prototype lab configurations
in various locations throughout the country, the energy consumption
by major end use will be shown and compared.
In addition, the requirements of several energy codes will be reviewed
in the context of how they do or do not impact energy use. Among
the provisions considered will be fans energy limits, minimum turndowns,
heat recovery and potential safety impacts.
Findings:
Through the use of comparative table and graphics, this presentation
will show which aspects of laboratory safety have the most impact
on energy consumption and how some of those costs can be mitigated.
In addition, I hope to illustrate how some aspects of current energy
codes could potentially reduce lab safety depending on the methods
employed in the design.
Labs21 Connection:
The core elements of Occupant Safety, Energy Consumption and Energy
Goals and the essence of the ideas presented in this paper.
Biography:
J. Patrick Carpenter,
PE, Senior Engineering Principal at Kling, a Philadelphia based
Architectural-Engineering-Interior Design practice, is a nationally
recognized leader in engineering systems for laboratories, animal
facilities and other high technology facilities. He graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states
of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
He has worked for Kling for over 33 years and has focused on the
design of engineering systems in high technology projects for corporate,
government and institutional clients for over 25 years. He is responsible
for the conception and development of MEP systems for many laboratory,
vivarium, and data center projects. He leads the conceptual development
of HVAC and utility systems with emphasis on the safety, reliability,
operation effectiveness and energy conservation of engineering systems
for those and other projects. Recent work includes projects for
the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), University of Colorado
Health Science Center, University of MD-Frostburg, Rutgers University,
Food and Drug Administration, University of Virgina, US Environmental
Protection Agency, Cornell University, Merck & Co., DuPont,
Johnson & Johnson, and Wyeth-Ayerst.
Patrick has been active in professional organizations such as ASHRAE,
AIHA (American Industrial Hygiene Association) and ISPE (International
Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers). His ASHRAE activity includes
over 18 years involvement with Technical Committees involving Laboratories
and Clean Spaces, Industrial Air-Conditioning and Industrial Ventilation
and Energy Calculations,. He also served for 8 years on the Standards
Project Committee which rewrote the ASHRAE Standard 100.5 dealing
with Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings - Institutional and
served on the Standards Project Committee (SPC) which revised the
ASHRAE Standard 110-95 dealing with the Performance Testing of Laboratory
Fume Hoods. He is also involved with the current SPC which is revising
Standard 110. He has participated in all Labs 21 Conferences over
the last four years making five presentations and moderating several
sessions and roundtables.
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