Overview of New Labs21 Best Practice Guides

Geoffrey Bell, Paul Mathew and Dale Sartor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nancy Carlisle and Otto Van Geet, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

This presentation will provide an overview of the new best practice guides developed by the Labs21 program. The Best Practice Guides 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. The topics covered by the new guides include:

• Exhaust dispersion
• Water efficiency
• Optimizing laboratory ventilation requirements
• Fumehoods
• Minimizing reheat in laboratories
• Rightsizing laboratory plug loads
• Electrical lighting in laboratories
  

Labs21 Connection:

These best practice guides focus specifically on energy efficiency and sustainability in laboratory design. In addition to technology descriptions, they also include quantitative and qualitative performance data from actual installations. The guides were developed with input from a cross section of industry experts.

Biographies:

Geoffrey Bell is an Energy Engineer in the Environmental Energy Technology Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He is credited with a number of publications, including serving as a principal author of the Design Guide for Energy Efficient Laboratories. This publication is intended to assist facility owners, architects, engineers, designers, facility managers, and utility energy-management specialists in identifying and applying advanced energy-efficiency features in laboratory-type environments. Mr. Bell is a Certified State Energy Auditor in New Mexico and a Registered Professional Engineer in both New Mexico and California. He has served as an investigator for the U.S. Department of Energy, a teacher at the University of New Mexico, and an energy engineer contractor to Sandia Corporation in addition to various other mechanical engineering consulting positions. Mr. Bell received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering and a masters of architecture in Environmental Design from the University of Mexico.

Paul Mathew is a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has a Bachelor's degree in Architecture, and a Ph.D. in Building Performance and Diagnostics from Carnegie Mellon University. His area of expertise is energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, and his experience includes technical consulting, tool development, training and financial risk management. Prior to joining LBNL, he worked for Enron Energy Services and the Center for Building Performance at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dale Sartor, P.E., heads the LBNL Building Technologies Applications Team, which assists in the transfer of new and underutilized technology through project-focused multidisciplinary teams. Mr. Sartor has an A.B. in Architecture, and a Masters in Business Administration. He is a licensed Mechanical Engineer, and a licensed General Building Contractor. He has over twenty five years of professional experience in energy efficiency and renewable energy applications including ten years as a principal of an architecture and engineering company, and seven years as the head of LBNL's In-House Energy Management Program. Mr. Sartor is an active volunteer in professional organizations and lectures extensively.

Nancy Carlisle is a Senior Project Leader in the Deployment Program's Office at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). She provides support to the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) primarily in the area of renewable energy technologies and sustainable design. She has worked at NREL for 20 years. She holds masters degrees in both Architecture and Urban Planning.

Otto Van Geet is a Senior Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), working in the Federal Energy Management Program. Prior to this assignment, Otto was the Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Site Operations group at NREL, and a Mechanical Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories. Mr. Van Geet has been involved in the design, construction, and operation of energy efficient R&D facilities for microelectronics, photovoltaic, thermal, and biological research, as well as office and general use facilities. Mr. Van Geet has been involved with the Labs21 program since its inception and provides technical guidance for the program. His experience also includes passive solar building design, use of design tools, photovoltaic (PV) system design, energy audits, and minimizing energy use. Mr. Van Geet is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Energy Manager, a LEED™ Accredited Professional, and a Project Management Professional. Otto is also a member of ASHRAE and ASES and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Mexico.

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