Markus Schaufele

Markus Schaufele is manager of standards, compliance, and emergency planning for the Office for Research Safety at Northwestern University. Contact him at m-schaufele@northwestern.edu.

Controlling Ventilation Rates at University Research Laboratories

Laboratories are over-ventilated about 99 percent of the time

Markus Schaufele

February 11, 2019

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Ventilation systems designed for office buildings may recirculate most of the air and only supply a small percentage of fresh air, but architectural and building codes require that laboratory rooms and vivaria use only fresh outside air for ventilation. This design difference explains why laboratories require so much more energy to operate.

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Controlling Ventilation Rates at University Research Laboratories

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