Lab Design Summit Goes Digital

Lab Design Excellence Awards Sustainability Winner

Arizona State University, Biodesign Institute C

Time: 10:00 AM EDT

Submitting firm: ZGF

The project teams will be honored during our Lab Design Digital Summit. The three winning teams will accept their awards and offer in-depth presentations about their groundbreaking projects, which will be broadcast via live webinars to the Lab Manager audience. Each of the Lab Design Excellence Awards winners will appear in the June, July, and September issues of Lab Manager.

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Key Aspects of High Performing & Sustainable Laboratories

Time: 11:30 AM EDT

Speaker: Aimée Smith, M.Eng., P.Eng
(Technical Director, Principal)

This session will focus on various aspects of laboratory building performance that should be considered holistically to design truly high performing and sustainable laboratories—specifically, the importance of occupant health and wellness, energy use, and ventilation and safety.

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Lab Design Excellence Awards Safety Winner

Butte College Welding & Manufacturing Building

Time: 1:00 PM EDT

Submitting firm: JK Architecture Engineering

The project teams will be honored during our Lab Design Digital Summit. The three winning teams will accept their awards and offer in-depth presentations about their groundbreaking projects, which will be broadcast via live webinars to the Lab Manager audience. Each of the Lab Design Excellence Awards winners will appear in the June, July, and September issues of Lab Manager.

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Operations Team Building for Energy Efficiency and Occupant Health

Time: 2:30 PM EDT

Speaker: Allen Doyle
(Principal)

Laboratory ventilation management is a many-headed monster that is expensive to feed and hard to discipline. Operations costs can be 25 percent or more of your client’s energy and maintenance budget, and the barriers to progress may seem insurmountable: old technology, complicated monitoring and outdated controls, design mismatch, air quality issues, grumpy and unpredictable scientists and professors, constant training and data analysis. Ventilation upgrades can run into the millions, and efficient lab ventilation is also the cornerstone of climate neutrality, a growing priority.

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Lab Design Excellence Awards Innovation Winner

Lilly Innovation Development Center

Time: 10:00 AM EDT

Submitting Firm: Flad Architects

The project teams will be honored during our Lab Design Digital Summit. The three winning teams will accept their awards and offer in-depth presentations about their groundbreaking projects, which will be broadcast via live webinars to the Lab Manager audience. Each of the Lab Design Excellence Awards winners will appear in the June, July, and September issues of Lab Manager.

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Lab Sustainability: Ten Things You Can Do Now for Big Impact

Time: 11:30 AM EDT

Speaker: Chris Ertl, AIA, LEED AP BD+
(Architect, Associate Principal)

With limited resources and demands to do more with less, being more sustainable can seem out of reach. Upfront initial costs, and the fact that buildings will be occupied during any changes, can be a hindrance to many green efforts.

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Innovative Science with Less and the Lab Future

Time: 1:00 PM EDT

Speaker: Mark Paskanik, AIA, NCARB
(Architect, Laboratory Design Expert)

How can we be more creative in our science facilities? How can we do more science in less space? How can we reduce cost? Most of these answers come from common sense ideas, but sometimes you need to think outside the box to provide unique solutions.

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Agile Lab Planning for Agile Labs

Time: 10:00 AM EDT

Speaker: Regal Leftwich, AIA, AICAE, LEED BD+C 
(Associate, Laboratory Planner)

Planning your laboratory for a renovation or new construction can seem like an overwhelming task. This session outlines the process for planning for a new lab and showcases high-performing, agile labs that respond to changes in technology and science.

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Bridging the Higher Education Divide

Time: 11:30 AM EDT

Speaker: Victoria David, AIA, NCARB 
(Principal)

Much attention has been given to higher education makerspaces, but the idea that all this “science and technology” creativity and curiosity doesn’t/shouldn’t emerge as one enters university.

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The Partnership between Lab Manager, Architect, and Contractor

Time: 1:00 pm EDT

Speakers: Chris Small, PE, LEED AP
(Principal)

Kevin Tredinnick, LEED AP
(Project Manager)

A successful laboratory design and construction project requires seamless communication. Many individuals contribute to the success and we will explore the key stakeholders' points of view throughout the project from inception to occupancy.

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Rise of the Machines: Next Steps

Time: 2:30 pm EDT

Speaker: Patrick O’Keefe, AIA, LEED AP
(Principal, Firm Market Growth Leader)

The modern research laboratory is evolving to include technologies that weren’t conceivable just a few years ago. As the business costs associated with research continue to rise along with the costs for construction, organizations are exploring new ways to push the limits of their available budgets. The presentation will feature a detailed explanation of strategies imagined by leading life science companies to incorporate robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning into their research environments.

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