Operating laboratories present opportunities to improve performance in several directions at once. The opportunities arise from events and trends occurring during the life of the building, including: change in use or priorities; worn, degraded or neglected equipment; increased attention to ventilation requirements; and new generation of equipment and controls. The significance of each of these factors varies from building to building. If equipment is in disrepair, or out of adjustment, fixing that is the first goal. Ventilation engineers and safety professionals together reassess the quantity and quality of the ventilation at containment devices and in rooms. Often improvements in exposure control come at lower flow rates. Theresulting energy savings pay for the project that enhances ventilation

New Life for Old Lab Ventilation Systems
Paul Fuson, Member, Siemens Industry, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL
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Upgrade Traditional Chemical Fume Hoods to ImproveContainment Performance and Reduce Energy Consumption
Thomas Smith, Member, Exposure Control Technologies, Inc., Cary, NC
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Lessons Learned from 12 Years of Laboratory Conversions toVAV and Control Retrofits
Gwelen Paliaga, Member, Taylor Engineering, LLC, Alameda, CA
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Run Time: 90 mins.