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Texas A&M University’s single-story, 10,000-sf Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility features 3,800 sf of research labs for analyzing and maintaining colonies of ants, termites, and cockroaches, and a general insectary for all other insect colonies, such as bed bugs and stored product pests. Specialized spaces include a genetics/analytical lab and an autoclave.

The organizational structure of a master planning effort can be just as critical as the recommendations the plan ultimately presents. That was a driving principle behind the master plan formulated by the University of Chicago Medical Center in the fall of 2012, as it prepared for a major consolidation and strategic growth in 6 million sf of buildings, including the new 1.2 million-sf Center for Care & Discovery (CCD) clinical facility.

The Integrated Sciences Complex (ISC) at UMass Boston serves as a gateway to the campus and as an interdisciplinary hub for learning and collaboration, providing the university with state-of-the-art research, teaching, and training laboratories. It is the first new academic building on the campus since it opened in 1974.

With three research floors and a prime location within the chemistry complex at Yale University, the 70,000-sf Kline Chemistry building has the highest lab and fume hood density on campus. In renovating the 50-year-old building, the mission was to modernize the lab space while significantly improving building efficiency. In addition to a new building envelope and HVAC systems, conservation strategies include more efficient fume hood use, reduced air changes and power watt densities, minimized outside air and reheat, occupancy controls, and hood proximity sensors. As a result of these efforts, the building is projected to achieve a 30 percent energy cost savings for LEED, and to consume 35 percent less energy than other Yale laboratories. When reductions in fume hood outdoor air demand are included, cost savings are projected to be up to $500,000 beyond those in a typical code-compliant laboratory in this climate zone.

Funded by a grant from National Institutes of Health, The Ohio State University renovated Goss Laboratory to create an open lab concept in a 1961 building, where the researchers’ labs previously were isolated from each other. The intent was to promote visibility and teamwork in the field of veterinary infectious disease research. The new design features flexible lab bays lit with natural light, four BSL-2 tissue culture labs, a BSL-2 dedicated rodent phenotyping and infectious necropsy laboratory, equipment rooms, and an open office workspace for graduate student collaboration.