Make the Labs21 Tool Kit Your Most Valuable (Free) Design Tool

Geoffrey Bell, P.E., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Did you know a comprehensive Labs21 Tool Kit is available to facility owners, architects, engineers, designers, managers, and others, with resources that help you design, build, and manage a sustainable, high-performance facility? Did you know this resource is available for free? Mr. Bell will give an overview of the companion Tool Kit CD during a roundtable discussion, with highlights and examples of how its lesser known components operate. In addition, the audience will preview the new Labs21 Laboratory Energy Efficiency Profiler (LEEP) Tool. During this session, the speakers will highlight:

  • Design Guide for Energy Efficient Research Laboratories: This searchable reference helps you identify and apply energy saving features to your laboratories. The Guide can be either referenced on the CD or be installed on your computer.
  • Design Process Manual: This Web-based manual includes a checklist of process-related action items for each stage of the building design and delivery process, with links to the Design Guide and relevant Labs21 tools for each action item.
  • Best Practice Guides and Technical Bulletins: This series of publications provides design, construction, and operation information on specific technologies that contribute to energy efficiency and sustainability in laboratories.

Biography:

Geoffrey Bell received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Newark College of Engineering and a Masters of Architecture in environmental design from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Bell is a registered professional mechanical engineer in both New Mexico and California, and a certified state energy auditor in New Mexico. Mr. Bell's resume includes working for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a staff scientist and senior energy management engineer for more than 22 years, participating on the Technical Committees for Laboratories for the 21st Century and Data Centers for the 21st Century, contracting with the U.S. Department of Energy as an principal investigator, teaching at the University of New Mexico and for Labs21, consulting to Sandia Corp. as an energy engineer, and providing renewable energy consulting services for various mechanical engineering and architectural projects for more than 35 years. Mr. Bell is a co-inventor of the Berkeley Hood.