Illumina Inc. European Headquarters(2)

Mar 9 | News

Lab near Cambridge, U.K., consolidates facilities for company that specializes in systems for genetic research.

Univ. of Miami Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Research Building

Mar 9 | News

Facility aims to achieve a better understanding of the relationship between oceans and human health.

NREL battery-test lab will get upgrade

Mar 9 | News

Among other science-related projects, federal stimulus dollars will fund a $2 million lab upgrade at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo.

Blue roofs: A different shade of green?

Mar 9 | News

Vegetated roofs have been gaining ground in the design and construction community for their sustainability advantages. A different twist, the “blue roof,” uses flat roof planes as a collector that harvests stormwater to be used as a resource.

Data centers papers solicited

Mar 9 | News

In conjunction with the annual Laboratories for the 21st Century conference (Albuquerque, Sept. 28-30), DataCenters21 will be a symposium focused on making the design and operation of these energy-intensive facilities more sustainable.

Yale lab scores LEED Platinum

Mar 9 | News

Kroon Hall, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies building at Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn., has joined the handful of elite lab buildings to be certified LEED Platinum.

ASHRAE project tries to harmonize BIM, green

Mar 1 | News

Building Information Modeling (BIM) software should communicate seamlessly with energy analysis and simulation software for the best efficiency in sustainable design.

USGBC lists Top 10 in green legislation

Mar 1 | News

The U.S. Green Building Council recently released lists of the most important pieces of green-building legislation in the 111th Congress, including 10 bills in the House and 10 in the Senate.

Database offers incentive resources

Mar 1 | News

The confusing maze of government incentives for renewable energy and energy-efficiency projects can be navigated at the Database of State Initiatives for Renewables and Efficiency.

Science building designed to produce power

Mar 1 | News

The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at the Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, will go the “carbon neutral” mantra one better by being a net energy producer, as well as a greenhouse-gas mitigating facility.

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Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Mar 5

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

A clean energy America…is it coming or not?

Feb 24

Almost a year ago, the buzz during the downturn was that the economic stimulus will help boost jobs in a sort of national improvement program reminiscent of the 1930s. Our coal would be phased out. Our grids would get smart. Our cars would get hybridized.

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Optimizing Laboratory Fume Hood Selection

Mar 1 | White Papers

Fume hoods have been present within society and science since the 17th century. However, throughout the years fume hoods have changed to accommodate user’s needs and laboratory applications. While the first fume hoods were fixed and far from flexible, with modern and mobility needs, fume hoods have now become flexible in design, more efficient, energy-saving, and also now have many types from benchtop or conventional fume hoods, radioisotope fume hoods, perchloric fume hoods, ductless fume hoods, and more.

Keep moving forward with the Laboratory Design Conference 2010

Jan 25 | News

Keep your project moving forward in challenging times... attend the Spring 2010 Laboratory Design Conference!