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Industry News
Esco Launches Industry's Quietest Class II Biosafety Cabinet
Esco launched the new Labculture Low Noise Class II Biological Safety Cabinet in March of 2008. The cabinet is the industry's lowest noise Class II cabinet, featuring noise levels as low as 53.5dBA (1.2m cabinet, tested according to EN12469). Typical Class II BSCs operate at 60dBA, with a reduction of 3dBA representing approximately a halving of perceived noise level. The Low Noise Labculture therefore has a perceived noise level 75% lower than standard Class II cabinets, allowing users to spend many hours working continuously.
NIH Establishes Boston University Biocontainment Committee
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced additional steps in a comprehensive plan in March of 2008 to address public safety concerns regarding a national biocontainment research laboratory now under construction at Boston University Medical Center. Research in the laboratory, the construction of which is funded partly by the NIH, will focus on the development of diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines for a variety of infectious diseases.
UOIT Constructs Automotive Centre of Excellence
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) will begin construction in March of 2008 on the $120 million General Motors of Canada Centre of Automotive Excellence in Oshawa, Canada. Designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects Inc., the research and development facility includes a four story wind tunnel and will be built by Vanbots Construction.
Purdue University Plans Gatewood Engineering Wing
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Ind., approved the construction of the $34.5 million Roger B. Gatewood Wing of the Mechanical Engineering Building in February of 2008. The project will house teaching labs, a 120-seat classroom, instructional space, research laboratories, a tech atrium, offices, and Prototype Engineering and Realization Lab breakout space. LEED certification will be sought for the 84,500-sf energy-efficient wing, which will be constructed as an addition to the School of Mechanical Engineering building.
Kimberly-Clark Introduces Gas Phase Filter Media
Commercial and institutional buildings have a new way to remove odors and other irritant gaseous contaminants from their HVAC system air stream: the new Kimberly-Clark brand odor control filtration media. The product delivers excellent particulate filtration performance with added odor removal technology to deliver clean, fresh, odor-free air, thanks in part to its two-layer construction. The upstream layer provides excellent particulate filtration and protects the downstream carbon layer from particulate loading, to ensure maximum odor removal capability.