Annual Conference

2009 Conference Agenda

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Conference Day 3

7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Registration

8 a.m. – 9 a.m.

Morning Roundtable Sessions
- Design Challenge—The Climate-Positive Research Campus
  Randy Lacey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Building Operations and Maintenance for Sustainability – A Multi-Stakeholder Responsibility
  
  Peter Crabtree, Laney College
- Sustainable Design in K-14 Learning Laboratories
  Jim Jones, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

9 a.m. – Noon

Open Discussion
- Creating Laboratory Facility Guidelines for Planning and Design
  Hosted by I²SL and the American Institute of Architects

9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Session G1
Applying Labs21 Concepts

Moderator: Punit Jain, Cannon Design
- California Polytechnic University Center for Sciences
  Ted Hyman, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP
  Peter Rumsey, Rumsey Engineers
- Easy? Breezy? Natural Ventilation in a Laboratory Building? Technical Breakdown
  Steve Tatge, University of Washington
  Chris Flint Chatto, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP
- Active Modular Phytoremediation System: Building Integrated Bio-Mechanical Air Filtration and Energy Reduction
  Jason Vollen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Session G2
Innovations in European Laboratories

Moderator: Carl Stumpf, AEI Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
- Why Safety Cabinet Fire Safety Requirements are More Stringent in Europe than in the United States
  Roland Bieder, Düperthal Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co.KG
- Adapting Green Building Assessment Schemes to Reflect Laboratory Circumstances – The Experience of Britain's New BREEAM Higher Education Scheme
  Peter James, Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI)
- A Design Brief For Sustainability: What the United Kingdom Health Protection Agency is Requiring in its New Laboratory Complex
  Peter Jackson, United Kingdom Health Protection Agency
Session G3
Maximizing Sustainability Through Design

Moderator: Otto Van Geet, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Challenging Conventions to Improve Sustainability—Understanding What Drives Laboratory Design for Safety
  J. Patrick Carpenter, Facility Performance Engineering
- A Case Study in Sustainable High-Performance Laboratory Design: Genzyme Science Center
  Mario Loiacono, Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, LLC
  Jeffreys Johnson, Architectural Resources Cambridge
  Lisa Hartman, Genzyme Corporation
- Safely Achievable Reductions in Exhaust Fan Energy in Laboratory Buildings
  Chet Wisner, Ambient Air Technologies, LLC
  Fred Bockmiller, University of California at Irvine
  Marc Gomez, University of California at Irvine

10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Break

11 a.m. – Noon

Session H1
Vivaria

Moderator: Geoffrey Bell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Best Practices for Sustainable Design in Animal Research Facilities
  Carl Crow, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
  Edwin Cordes, Perkins+Will
- Planning Considerations for Design of Vivaria with Efficient Operation and Functional Flexibility
  Mary Le Johnson, WHR Architects
  Bradford Goodwin, Jr., Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Session H2
Reducing Plug Loads with Efficient Equipment

Moderator: Dale Sartor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Laboratory Equipment Cooling: Process Cooling Water System Design Strategies
  Terry Brown, Research Facilities Design
  Paul Lemestre, Research Facilities Design
- Laboratory Plug Loads: The Final Frontier for Energy Efficiency
  Eric Soladay, Rumsey Engineers

Noon – 1:30 p.m.

Go Beyond Awards and Labs21 Luncheon
- Master of Ceremonies
  - Dan Doyle, Grumman/Butkus, I²SL Board Member
- Awards Introduction
  - Julie Higginbotham, Laboratory Design Newsletter
- Presentation of 2009 Go Beyond Awards
  - I²SL, Laboratory Design Newsletter, EPA, DOE
- Conference Highlights and a Look Ahead to 2010
  - Phil Wirdzek, President and Executive Director, I²SL

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Tour of the C.C. Perry "K" Generating Station and District Steam System

2009 Conference Agenda

Thursday, September 24, 2009 Conference Day 3

7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

8 a.m. – 9 a.m.

9 a.m. – Noon

9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.

11 a.m. – Noon

Noon – 1:30 p.m.

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Conference Day 3