Greening Vivarium HVAC Systems
Vivariums present many unique challenges to design and construction professionals. Due to the stringent environmental and construction requirements, designers and builders have their hands full...
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The greatest single approach for reducing energy use in vivariums is to reduce or vary the room air change rates.read more
View ArticleHow Green Can Vivarium Design Be?
Although it is now 'hip' to be green, it is not always easy!read more
View ArticleThe Greening of Containment
We must challenge the existing paradigms in both operation and design if we are to make significant impact on sustainability in laboratories.read more
View ArticleThe Greening of Containment: Airflow Issues
Last month I started a series of columns to discuss sustainable design and containment. This month I will focus on energy issues particularly related to the systems required, and energy used, to move...
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The Green Vivarium: Strategies for Sustainability
It takes people energy to implement energy and resource savings in a vivarium. An upcoming resource publication looks to help inform and guide the process toward greener and more sustainable...
View ArticleMaterial Resources for Building Green Vivariums
The following article is an excerpt from “The Green Vivarium: Strategies for Sustainability” being developed by the Green Vivarium Foundation. The intent of these guidelines is to encourage the...
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Environmental Procurement: Thinking Beyond the Project
Environmental procurement can reduce operating costs, reduce the impact vivarium facilities can have on the environment, and promote sustainability and waste reduction.read more
View ArticleReal Applications of Green Strategies in Vivaria
Facility profiles at the Texas A&M University and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Instituteread more
View ArticleManaging Sustainability in a Regulatory World
The need to make laboratories more sustainable is on many minds. However, according to Steven Cubitt, Managing Director of international facilities planning company The Cube based in Cambridge,...
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