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This module teaches changes, equipment updates, and optimization methods to reduce laboratory energy consumption in buildings, equipment, and various facility systems.
Course overview:
This module covers three key areas:
- Understanding Energy Impact: Why energy is important, energy and carbon relationships, and where energy is consumed in laboratories
- Energy Categories: General plug load, lighting, cold storage, autoclaves, fume hoods, and ventilation and climate control
- Implementation: Energy audits and benchmarking, continuing education and outreach, and interconnectedness of energy systems
Through this module, you’ll learn to identify energy consumption sources, implement behavioral changes and equipment optimizations, conduct energy audits, and understand the interconnected nature of laboratory energy systems.
Key learning outcomes:
- Understand why energy efficiency is critical for laboratory sustainability
- Identify major energy consumption sources in laboratory environments
- Implement behavioral changes to reduce plug load and equipment energy use
- Optimize lighting, cold storage, autoclaves, fume hoods, and HVAC systems
- Conduct energy audits and establish benchmarking practices
- Design continuing education and outreach programs for energy efficiency
Introduction
- Why is Energy Important in Lab Sustainability?
- Energy and Carbon
- Where is Energy Consumed in the Lab?
- (1 Quiz)
Categories of lab energy
- General Plug Load
- Lighting
- Cold Storage
- Autoclaves
- Fume Hoods
- Ventilation and Climate Control
- (1 Quiz)
Bringing it all together
- Energy Audits and Benchmarking (2 Topics)
- Continuing Education and Outreach
- Interconnectedness of Energy in the Lab
- (1 Quiz)
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