Smart Labs Accelerator - Completed
Smart Labs Accelerator - Completed
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A typical laboratory is 3-4 times more energy-intensive than an average commercial building and can account for up to 70% of a campus’s energy footprint, making laboratories a key focal area for energy and carbon management strategies at universities, corporations, national laboratories, hospitals, and federal agencies. Accelerator partners worked to develop standardized approaches to overcoming common barriers to energy efficiency in laboratories. DOE helped partners document model strategies that include operational changes, technological upgrades, and strategic energy management approaches in the Smart Labs Accelerator Toolkit. As a result, partners saved 103 billion BTUs and realized an average portfolio improvement of 11%, on track to surpass the Accelerator’s 20% energy reduction goal in 10 years. |
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Smart Labs Accelerator Results Fact Sheet This fact sheet highlights the results of the Smart Labs Accelerator, links to relevant partner case studies, and provides a summary of overall savings.
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Smart Labs Accelerator Toolkit Toolkits The Better Buildings Smart Labs Accelerator's goal was to help organizations optimize the performance of their laboratories by mitigating safety and health risks, reducing energy, and improving ventilation. This toolkit is an easy-to-use step-by-step guide to lead your organization through a systems-based management approach.
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3M: Laboratory Building 236 Ventilation Upgrade Showcase Project 3M achieved a 12% reduction in energy usage, saving $400,000 annually, after converting the lab space ventilation system to variable air volume at one of its main laboratory buildings at 3M Center—the company’s corporate headquarters and primary research and development site in Maplewood, MN.
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Review of UC Irvine's Smart Labs program, illustrating upgrades made to the Natural Sciences II facility. |
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Argonne National Laboratory | Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) | |
Colorado School of Mines | Emory University | GSA-FDA Bothell Laboratory |
International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
UCI Medical Center | University of Colorado | |
University of Illinois Chicago | University of Minnesota | University of New Hampshire |
USDA Agricultural Research Service | Wesleyan University |
Location
California
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | UCI Medical Center |
Colorado
Colorado School of Mines | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | University of Colorado |
Connecticut
Wesleyan University |
Georgia
Emory University |
Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory | University of Illinois Chicago |
Minnesota
University of Minnesota |
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire |
New Mexico
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
North Dakota
USDA Agricultural Research Service |
Pennsylvania
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) |
Virginia
International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) |
Washington
GSA-FDA Bothell Laboratory | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |