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2011 Conference Agenda

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Conference Day 1

7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

• Registration

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8 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

• Breakfast

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8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

• Opening Plenary Session

  • Master of Ceremonies/I²SL Welcoming Remarks and Announcements

    • Kath Williams, Ph.D., LEED^® Fellow, Kath Williams + Associates and I²SL

  • Local Welcome

    • Angel Taveras, Mayor of Providence

  • International Sustainable Laboratory Student Design Competition Update

    • Karen Koltes, Ph.D., U.S. Department of the Interior
    • Stephen Meinhold, Ph.D., University of North Carolina Wilmington

  • Sponsor Welcome

    • Harvey Dunham, Schneider Electric

  • EPA Opening Remarks

    • Craig Hooks, Office of Administration and Resources Management, EPA

  • DOE Opening Remarks

    • Timothy Unruh, Ph.D., Federal Energy Management Program, DOE

  • Keynote Speaker

    • The Honorable Lowell Weicker, Jr.

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10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

• Technology and Services Fair and Poster Session Open

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10:45 a.m. – noon

• Tool-Torial Sessions

  • Make the Labs21 Tool Kit Your Most Valuable (Free) Design Tool
    Geoffrey Bell, P.E., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Demystifying the Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie)
    Rich Mitrenga, Autodesk, Inc.

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11 a.m – Noon

• Providence Meet-and-Greet for Friends of Labs21

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11 a.m. – 1:20 p.m.

• Technology Demonstrations

  • Taking Advantage of New Fume Hood Energy Savings Features
    Kenneth Crooks, Phoenix Controls
    11 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.
  • Best Practices—Optimization of Laboratory Exhaust Static Pressure
    Thomas Smith, Exposure Control Technologies, Inc.
    11:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
  • EMD Millipore: Advancing Product Stewardship
    Stephane Mabic, EMD Millipore
    Noon to 12:20 p.m.
  • B2 Total Exhaust Biological Safety Cabinet—Generating Significant Savings for Laboratories
    Bob Lloyd, The Baker Company
    12:30 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

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Noon – 1:30 p.m.

• Lunch

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12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

• Press Conference Hosted by EMD Millipore

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1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.

• Session A1
  Sustainable Laboratory Equipment
  

  Part 1 of 2

  Moderator: Gurdaver Singh, Guttmann & Blaevoet

  • Class II Biological Safety Cabinets: Managing a Facility's Total Cost of Ownership
    Dave Phillips, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • New Methods of Minimizing Laboratory Exhaust Airflow Rates
    Kenneth Crooks, Phoenix Controls
  • Control of Laboratory Exhaust Fans in a Variable Volume Laboratory
    Charles Gans, P.E., Strobic Air Corporation
• Session A2
  

  HVAC—Project Reports

  Moderator: Rodd Merchant, JE Dunn Construction

  • Energy Efficiency/Water Conservation in Vermont
    Barry Barnet, P.E., HDR, Inc.
  • Right-sizing Laboratory HVAC and Process Equipment Requirements: An Operational Perspective
    Greg Eades, P.E., C.E.M., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Laboratory HVAC Efficiency Upgrades
    Peter Rumsey, P.E., FASHRAE, Integral Group
    Eric Soladay, P.E., LEED AP, Integral Group
• Session A3
  

  Security and Access Strategies

  Moderator: Kath Williams, Kath Williams and Associates

  • Security Challenges for High Hazard BioSafety Level 4 Laboratories
    Robert Boden, Schneider Electric
  • Important Elements of Laboratory Security Assessment and Planning
    Troy Conners, Siemens Building Technologies
• Session A4
  

  Project Designs and Initiatives

  Moderator: Matt Meyer, JE Dunn Construction

  • Center for Urban Waters LEED Platinum Marine Laboratory
    Jason Chiu, Perkins+Will
  • Applying LEED to Laboratories—Strategies and Lessons Learned
    John Cocco, P.E., Sanofi-aventis
    Norman Goldschmidt, Genesis Engineers, Inc.
  • German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)—First Worldwide Certification System for Laboratory Buildings
    Egbert Dittrich, EGNATON
• Session A5
  

  Symposium: EH&S and O&M—Unlike Oil and Water, They Can Mix Together
  Part 1 of 2

  Moderator: Chuck Frost, University of California, Berkeley

  • Keeping Environmental Health and Safety Happy (and Off Your Back) from Design Through Construction
    Melissa McCullough, MS, CHMM, CIH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Kristen Dynia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Effectively Integrating Environmental Health and Safety and Laboratory HVAC Energy Conservation
    Pam Greenley, CIH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • An Aggressive State Energy Requirement Meets Laboratory Health and Safety in Minnesota
    Mike Austin, University of Minnesota
• Session A6
  Symposium: Overcome Being Overwhelmed by Sub-metering
  

  Part 1 of 2

  Moderator: Michael Dymarski, University of Toronto

  • Early Data and Feedback from the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
    Chris Schaffner, P.E., LEED AP, The Green Engineer
    Walt Henry, P.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Separating Fact From Fiction: Results from Building Performance Monitoring at University of California, Riverside's, Health Sciences Research Building
    Tim Evans, SRG Partnership, Inc.
  • Keeping a Smart Lab Smart Requires Metering, Monitoring, and Metrics
    Matthew Gudorf, University of California, Irvine

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3 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

• Break

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3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

• Session B1
  Sustainable Laboratory Equipment
  

  Part 2 of 2

  Moderator: Jerry Bauers, Sebesta Blomberg and Associates

  • Ultra-Low Temperature Cold Storage Assets: A Hidden Source of Wasted Energy
    Rick Kriss, KLATU Networks
  • Energy Savings Through Enthalpy Wheel Recovery and Chilled Beams
    Thomas Rice, SEMCO LLC
  • ASHRAE 90.1 and the Benefits of Demand Based Static Pressure Control for Laboratories
    Jonathan Savona, Accutrol LLC
• Session B2
  

  Water Conservation Programs and Projects

  Moderator: Geoffrey Bell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Washing and Sterilization Equipment for Sustainable Laboratory Design—New Energy Efficiency and Water Saving Designs and Techniques
    Paul Lemestre, P.E., LEED AP, Research Facilities Design
    Lloyd Fisk, AIA, LEED AP, Research Facilities Design
  • Green Autoclaves (Steam Sterilizers): Less Water, Less Steam, Less Energy, More LEED Points
    Arthur Trapotsis, Consolidated Sterilizer Systems
  • CSIRO Environmental Sustainability Strategy
    Antony Mikulic, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• Session B3
  

  Building Information Modeling for Sustainable Laboratories: Getting Started and Moving Ahead

  Moderator: Igor Starkov, EcoDomus

  • The Myths and Realities of Building Information Modeling for the Laboratory: How a Team Can Achieve Efficiencies Through Integrated Project Delivery
    Mark Hanchar, AIA, LEED AP, Gilbane Building Company
    Stan Rotkiewicz Jr., P.E., Genzyme Corporation, A Sanofi Company
  • Building Information Modeling—Opportunity Knocking?
    Galen Lif, AIA, LEED AP, PGAV Architects
• Session B4
  

  Ventilation Strategies for University Laboratories

  Moderator: Nick Caronna, CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc.

  • Risk Analysis of Laboratory Bench Top Processes to Ensure Safety in Smart Laboratories
    Lisa Mahar, CIH, CSP, RN, University of California, Irvine
  • University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center Research 1 Energy Efficiency Upgrades
    Sean Convery, P.E., Cator, Ruma & Associates, Co.
    Kenneth Neeper, University of Colorado Denver
  • Reducing Campus Air Change Rates Safely—An Authority Having Jurisdiction and Environmental Health and Safety Approach
    Shannon Horn, P.E., University of Colorado Boulder
    Timothy Lockhart, University of Colorado Boulder

• Session B5
  Symposium: EH&S and O&M—Unlike Oil and Water, They Can Mix Together
  Part 2 of 2

  Moderator: Phil Wirdzek, I²SL

  • Retrofitting Laboratory Ventilation for Energy Savings and Safety
    Cathy King, Yale University
    Anthony Kosior, Yale University
    Rob Klein, Yale University
  • The Challenge to the Designer and Customer—Achieving the Right Balance of Energy Conservation and Safety with Insight into Some Trends in International Code Council (ICC) Codes Driving Laboratory Ventilation Design
    Ken Kretchman, CSP, CIH, North Carolina State University
  • Revamping the Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria (EPC)
    Lindsey Kayman, Counsel in Occupational & Environmental Health, Inc.

• Session B6
  Symposium: Overcome Being Overwhelmed by Sub-metering
  Part 2 of 2

  Moderator: Jim Coogan, Siemens Building Technologies

  • Data, Information, and Action: How We Can Generate Value from the Flood of New Building Performance Data
    Stephen Samouhos, Ph.D., KGS Buildings
    Nicholas Gayeski, Ph.D., KGS Buildings

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory Project
    Greg Palko, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Jim Plourde, Schneider Electric

  • Labs21 Energy Benchmarking Tool
    Paul Mathew, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Panel Discussion on Inputting Information Into the Labs21 Benchmarking Tool

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5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

• Technology and Services Fair Evening Reception

  • Technology and Services Fair and Poster Session Open

 

Agenda Home | Pre-Conference Events | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
Morning Roundtables | Technology Demonstrations | Symposia | Posters
Tool-Torials | Working Group Meetings | Conference Overview (31 KB, 1 pp)