CSI Investigating Value: The Engineering Story
Louis Hartman, P.E., LEED AP®, Crime Lab Design
This presentation is intended to be be built around a case study of the Johnson County Criminalistics Laboratory, a recently completed facility with 60,000 square feet of space that is tracking toward LEED® Platinum, having accomplished all of the available energy points. The building systems include ground source heat pumps, total energy heat wheels, high-performance fume hoods, combined laboratory/office ventilation systems, light-emitting diode lighting, demand controlled ventilation, and solar photovoltaics, amongst others.
Functions housed in the facility include forensic biology (DNA), chemistry, toxicology, latent prints, trace evidence, crime scene response, and evidence control.
Lou Hartman is a principal at Crime Lab Design. As a leader of Crime Lab Design, his focus is on the management and design of laboratory projects. With 30 years in the industry, Mr. Hartman brings a wide range of project experience including work with the Los Angeles Regional Forensic Laboratory, Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute, the San Diego Medical Examiner's office, and Kuwait's Headquarters for Criminal Evidence, amongst several others. In addition to project experience, Mr. Hartman is also actively involved with several technical committees, including the National Fire Protection Association 45, Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria 3.0, and ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.10 Laboratory Systems, where he is a past chairman and has been responsible for the handbook chapter on laboratory design for the past 20 years.