Monday, April 7, 2008

Labs 21 Highlights Benefits of Low Pressure Lab Ventilation Design

Labs21 is the leading organization focusing on low-energy, sustainable laboratory design. Cosponsored by the EPA and the DOE, Labs21 has their sights set on these highly energy-intensive buildings and strives to find technically sound solutions to minimize the energy impact of these facilities without sacrificing their mission.

And Labs21 has set their sights on pressure drop.



Their document, Low Pressure Drop HVAC Design for Laboratories, identifies huge opportunities for savings by paying attention to this design criteria. They feel that 30-65% of the laboratory HVAC energy use could be saved by designing low pressure drop into these systems.

Tek-Air's inherently low-pressure drop air-valves can be an integral part of a low-pressure lab HVAC design, and one of the few identified that is essentially cost-neutral.

'Green' is where the lab market is going. Labs21 can help point your way there.