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Labs21 US seeks to create environmental showcase laboratories
by encouraging laboratory owners, operators, and designers to
adopt the "Labs21 Approach." This strategy involves taking an
initial evaluation of a laboratory's energy use from a comprehensive
perspective when considering efficiency improvements. This requires
focusing on all of a laboratory's energy systems and wastes,
including its HVAC and electrical power supply, rather than
focusing on specific energy-using components.
Such an approach allows laboratory owners and operators to
pursue integrated energy and water conservation measures with
significantly higher efficiencies and cost savings than the
traditional approach of addressing components sequentially or
individually.
For ease of reference Labs21 UK has summarised the key information
on the individual energy-using components of a laboratory. These
should not be read in isolation, since their impacts on overall
energy consumption are inextricably linked. Use the navigation
bar on the left hand side to find out more about some of the
key energy-intensive components in laboratories.
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