LED lighting for vivaria: Should you make the switch?

The Jackson Laboratory made the decision to adopt LED lighting in their Ellsworth barrier facility during the final phases of construction. Here you’ll see what had changed from initial project conception to drive that decision, and key considerations for design, construction, implementation, and validation going forward. Norm Burdzel and Karen Murphy examine how to evaluate LED technology’s impact on animal welfare, equipment selection and control strategy considerations, and what’s to be gained in terms of life cycle cost savings and energy efficiency.