Engineering controls should be implemented within the laboratory to minimize exposure to hazardous chemicals. Engineering controls may include: general laboratory ventilation, chemical fume hoods, ...

Research spaces can play a large part in super-charging the scientific method and making this process easier and more optimized to drive innovations forward. Our role in accelerating discovery is to ...

Budgets and regulations are shifting fast. Learn how cross-functional teams apply EHS best practices, codes, and risk assessments to design safe, flexible labs in Harvard Chan School’s Guidelines for ...

Ensuring safety in a laboratory environment should be a top priority. With so many moving parts to a laboratory’s daily function, important health and safety components can sometimes go overlooked.

Automation and robotics have both played a role in laboratory design for many years. However, in recent years we have started seeing a larger increase in this type of design with greater success.

This blog post was authored by Nate Roisen, AIA, Principal, Sci + Tech Practice Leader, BWBR. As science and technology evolve at rapid speeds, lab design trends are naturally following suit. As part ...

The primary objective of an educational facility like a school is to teach. The general assumption is that the facility is safe for all occupants. However, of all classrooms within a school, perhaps ...

Is it Time for Your Lab to Consider More Flexible Solutions? Budgets are tight. Schedules are compressed. Change is a constant. The continual need for new and ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

How is it possible to reduce the energy consumption of our homes? What design, material, and/or technological strategies can be developed to achieve interior comfort while also addressing the climate ...