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2012 International Conference

“Sustainable Laboratories: Choosing the Right Equipment”

 December 13-14, 2012

National Institutes of Health

Natcher Auditorium

Bethesda, Maryland

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Office of Research Facilities, National Institutes of Health

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Focus

Laboratories use more energy and water per square foot than other building types. As our laboratories age and equipment becomes obsolete, we have the opportunity to replace the equipment with more energy efficient models and implement energy saving technologies and strategies to ‘green’ our facilities. Reducing our energy consumption will reduce utility costs, preserve more funding for science, and benefit the environment by reducing emissions such as greenhouse gases.

"Sustainable Laboratories: Choosing the Right Equipment” is the first conference to address energy conservation in the laboratory from the perspective of employing energy conservation applications in conjunction with choosing ‘green’ equipment that is compatible with the ongoing research and building operation. The conference will showcase the most current thinking as it relates to choosing ‘green’ equipment used in biomedical and animal research.

The purpose of the “Sustainable Laboratories: Choosing the Right Equipment” conference is:

1. To present laboratory equipment technologies that incorporate state-of-the-art energy efficiency strategies.

2. To introduce a variety of energy reduction applications that can be used by personnel who are both directly and indirectly involved in choosing laboratory equipment.

Who should attend

- Scientists/Research Personnel
- Biomedical research personnel involved in purchasing lab equipment
- Technical and Administrative staff
- Health Care Providers
- Veterinary and Animal Care Staff
- Design Engineers and Architects
- Facility Managers
- NIH Grantees
- Academia
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Contractors
- Chief Operating Officers and Executive Officers in government, private industry and academia

Registration Fee

There is no fee for attending this forum, but registration is required.

Registration Information

It is not too late to register for the 2012 International Conference on Sustainable Laboratories: Choosing the Right Equipment.

Registration has been extended.
Please let your colleagues know about the conference.

Complete the registration form at: http://fmp-8.cit.nih.gov/llc/

Highlights

Topics to be included in the Conference:

  • Applications such as benchmarking, energy calculators, and zero carbon calculators
  • Industry-wide innovative design for equipment such as fume hoods, biosafety cabinets, autoclaves, vivarium equipment, cold storage, incubators, imaging equipment and more
  • Scientific perspectives on how the new energy efficient equipment may affect research
  • Engineering perspective on how the new ‘energy efficient’ equipment may affect building operations
IACET CEUs

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All presenters and attendees who attend the entire program and successfully complete the end-of-course exercise will qualify to receive IACET CEUs. Seminar evaluations will be handed out at the end of the program and should be completed in their entirety by each attendee. DTR utilizes these evaluations as a tool to evaluate the learner’s perception of the program that they have just attended. As part of our process for upgrading our programs we depend on feedback from our current learners.

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