Labs21 environmental performance criteria Version 2.0

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/815507· OSTI ID:815507

Mathew, Paul A ^[1]

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Laboratory facilities present a unique challenge for energy efficient and sustainable design, with their inherent complexity of systems, health and safety requirements, long-term flexibility and adaptability needs, energy use intensity, and environmental impacts. The typical laboratory is about five times as energy intensive as a typical office building and costs about three times as much per unit area. The Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria (EPC) is a rating system for use by laboratory building project stakeholders to assess the environmental performance of laboratory facilities. Currently, the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED{trademark} Rating System is the primary tool used. However, LEED{trademark} was designed for U.S. commercial office buildings and as such, lacks some attributes essential to the sustainable design of this unique and complex building type. To facilitate widespread use and to avoid ''re-inventing the wheel'' this effort builds on the existing LEED{trademark} Rating System 2.0.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Federal Energy Management Program; EPA Contract 84AM02 (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 815507
• Report Number(s): LBNL--52848
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
DESIGN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FLEXIBILITY
LABORATORY BUILDINGS
LABS21 EPC
OFFICE BUILDINGS
PERFORMANCE
SAFETY