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Energy saving potentials in laboratory facilities in the context of safe environment.

Author(s) : SANDRU E.

Summary

Laboratory facilities are known as significant energy consumers. High ventilation rates are required for providing a safe and comfortable environment as well as optimum operation of the equipment. Air from laboratories involving chemical activity is exhausted to the outdoors and should be replaced by outside air. Recirculation is not considered a good practice with regard to safety. Protection of the outside surroundings is an additional environmental challenge. The purpose of the study is to reveal various ways of saving energy through minimizing the ventilation rates in laboratory facilities in the contest with providing safety conditions in laboratory space. Two key contributors are analyzed: the air flow requirements from laboratory exhaust equipment and the minimum air change recommended by laboratory design guides or engineering and safety practice.

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  • Original title: Energy saving potentials in laboratory facilities in the context of safe environment.
  • Record ID : 2008-2707
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Clima 2007. WellBeing Indoors. Proceedings of the 9th REHVA World Congress [CD-ROM + Abstract book].
  • Publication date: 2007/06/10

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