Agenda-at-a-Glance

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Monday, October 23, 2023

7:30 AM - 7:00 PM PT

Exhibits Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Breakfast Break in Exhibit Area

Breakfast break

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Opening Plenary

Opening plenary sponsored by Siemens

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

Systems Optimization

Engineers, planners, and EHS managers, learn ways to safely save energy and reduce emissions.

Green Labs

Tips and tools for waste, energy, and emissions reduction for lab owners, users, and sustainability coordinators.

Sustainable Design

Trending topics and case studies for architects, owners, and planners of tomorrow’s sustainable labs.

Decarbonization

From operations to infrastructure improvement, learn how labs can truly reduce their carbon footprint.

Monday, October 23, 2023

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT

Heat Recovery

All-electric heating systems are hot right now, and these speakers will present projects across various regions and climate zones that utilized heat pumps and heat recovery successfully.

Adventures in Green Labs

Three sets of green lab pioneers will share their stories about getting a program off the ground, evolving their efforts to Smart Labs, getting green lab certification, and how I2SL can help.

Adaptive Reuse

New software technologies and lessons learned from offices that are reused as labs can help inform future projects and address challenges such as right-sizing and vibration.

Design for Decarbonization

Decarbonization can be approached from a number of angles, including addressing Scope 1 emissions, modeling building performance, and analyzing operational and embodied carbon.

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Lunch served in the Exhibit Area

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Constant Air Volume Brainstorm

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Landfill Waste Diversion Working Group Meet-Up

Monday, October 23, 2023

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Ventilation Management

This session will delve into the basic requirements of a lab ventilation management plan, the second edition of the ASHRAE Laboratory Design Guide, and options for high-performance lab HVAC.

Sustainable Materials

From tubes and single-use plastics to the flooring beneath researchers’ feet, the materials found in laboratories can have a large environmental footprint; learn what alternatives are available.

Adaptive Reuse

This session will cover the options and risks with modifying an existing structure for lab use and learn from two specific reuse projects, including one office-to-lab transformation.

Design for Decarbonization

Attendees will hear about a step-by-step blueprint to decarbonize labs, design strategies for reducing carbon and increasing resiliency, and the University of Southern California’s success story.

Commissioning

Three distinct case study examples will illustrate the value and benefits of incorporating commissioning into new construction and building upgrade projects.

Smart Labs

Attendees will hear about a successful Smart Lab university application, go on a laboratory ventilation risk management adventure, and get a preview of the full Smart Labs workshop at the University of California Irvine.

Adaptive Reuse

Labs looking to reuse office space or striving for decarbonization need to consider the vibration requirements of research spaces; these speakers tackled three unique vibration challenges.

Planning for Decarbonization

Many different types of planning go into lab decarbonization, from the design process to district energy to establishing organizational standards for new construction and renovation.

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PT

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Area

Welcome reception sponsored by I2SL California Chapters

5:30 PM PT

Federal and National Labs: Smart Labs Meet-Up

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Exhibits Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Breakfast Break in Exhibit Area

Breakfast sponsored by LabWorks International

Systems Optimization

Engineers, planners, and EHS managers, learn ways to safely save energy and reduce emissions.

Green Labs

Tips and tools for waste, energy, and emissions reduction for lab owners, users, and sustainability coordinators.

Sustainable Design

Trending topics and case studies for architects, owners, and planners of tomorrow’s sustainable labs.

Decarbonization

From operations to infrastructure improvement, learn how labs can truly reduce their carbon footprint.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Systems Optimization

From airside efficiency in cleanrooms and process cooling systems to right-sizing loads, learn how today’s lab designers, engineers, and owners are optimizing systems for both energy and water efficiency.

Green Labs Coordination

At three different universities: students are serving as green lab ambassadors; safety and sustainability staff are coordinating on key programs; and safe animal bedding composting is possible.

Design Diversity

Hear about three diverse case studies of successful sustainable lab design in an agricultural sciences building, life science campus, and a semiconductor and electronics research and manufacturing facility.

Planning for the Future

Risk-based zoning, intelligent building infrastructure, and other future-facing topics will be discussed in the context of creating carbon neutral, net zero labs with energy storage for the next generation.

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

Break sponsored

by Konvekta

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

Labs and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for designing, modeling, and validating various lab ventilation strategies and right-sizing systems will be reviewed by three different CFD experts.

Equity and Justice

See how science clusters can embed equity with intention, reducing single-use plastics can reverse harm to communities, and the research enterprise can shift to embrace equity and justice for workers and citizens.

Sustainable Design

Technologies are taking labs and other health-related facilities to new heights across the globe in terms of well buildings, central plant improvements, and waste reduction techniques.

Labs2Zero

Hear an update on I2SL’s program to help decarbonize the world’s labs, including the new Energy Score for labs and work on operational and embodied emissions scores and lab benchmarking tool enhancement.

California Code Considerations

With more changes coming to California’s Title 24 related to labs and exhaust, three speakers will discuss optimizing lab exhaust systems to reduce fan energy use.

Next Level Green Lab Efforts

Learn about an award-winning lab recycling program, sensors that enhanced a shut-the-sash sensors, and a successful communications plan that are taking green labs efforts to the next level.

Lab Planning for Sustainability

Growing life science space demand and dwindling offices are changing the face of lab planning; view the future through the eyes of forward-thinking engineers and architects.

Embodied Carbon

Speakers will cover embodied carbon in construction materials—as well as mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems—and the issues of durability and vibration that must be considered in lab applications.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Awards Lunch

Lunch sponsored

by My Green Lab

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Ventilation Management

Whether designing a new lab or upgrading an existing one, smart system design, ventilation risk management, and fume hood replacement can all improve the energy and emissions footprint.

Sustainable Purchasing

Lab designers, engineers, scientists, and procurement officials can all make smarter purchasing decisions and work with suppliers to reduce emissions.

Net Zero Design

Lab owners and designers alike will share their experiences setting goals, planning, and delivering pharmaceutical and life science facilities to achieve net zero energy, carbon, water, and waste.

Electrification

More than just a hot trend, electrification involves improving system efficiency, incorporating energy recovery, planning for backup power, and doing your homework with utility partners.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

7:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Exhibits Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Breakfast Break in Exhibit Area

Systems Optimization

Engineers, planners, and EHS managers, learn ways to safely save energy and reduce emissions.

Green Labs

Tips and tools for waste, energy, and emissions reduction for lab owners, users, and sustainability coordinators.

Sustainable Design

Trending topics and case studies for architects, owners, and planners of tomorrow’s sustainable labs.

Decarbonization

From operations to infrastructure improvement, learn how labs can truly reduce their carbon footprint.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Efficient Operations

Operational upgrades improve the energy performance and carbon footprint of labs; hear about tying heat pumps to energy recovery, determining whether spaces should share HVAC, and removing snorkels.

Chemistry Concerns

Lab energy and emissions reductions can start at the choices of chemicals used; learn how to safely recover helium for reuse, how one lab decreased SF6, and what’s new with the DOZN 2.1 version of this green chemistry evaluator tool.

Sustainable Design

Thoughtful lab design incorporates resilience to effects of climate change, along with strategies to mitigate the facilities’ carbon footprint; hear from design teams that are working to integrate both key concepts in future labs.

Planning for Decarbonization

Attendees will learn the basic for conducting a lab greenhouse gas inventory, then see decarbonization planning efforts at work in university campuses in the U.K. and United States.

Controls

Speakers will discuss the latest in controls technologies for labs and the basics for ensuring optimum performance from building automation systems, including successful collaboration on controls upgrades at Stanford University.

Energy-Efficient Equipment

From fume hoods to freezers (and water-saving autoclaves in between), explore ways to purchase and right-size your equipment to reduce energy use, as well as utility incentives available to purchase efficient lab equipment.

Carbon Neutral Design

Using a collecting of case studies, sustainable design principles, and lessons learned, speakers will share their experiences lowering labs’ carbon footprint from a variety of design perspectives.

Heat Recovery for Decarbonization

This session combines three related presentations that focus on utilizing reject heating loads, data center heat reuse, and heat recovery in chillers to achieve the goals of energy efficiency and decarbonization.

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Closing Reception in Exhibit Area (tentative)

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT

Exhibit Teardown

1:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT

Afternoon Tour | California Air Resources Board Headquarters; Riverside, CA

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Afternoon Tour | University of California Irvine

Thursday, October 26, 2023

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Smart Labs Workshop | University of California (UC) Irvine Campus

2023 Annual Conference and Technology Fair

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Full Day 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT Half-Day 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

1:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023

7:30 AM - 7:00 PM PT

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM PT

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PT

5:30 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PT

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

7:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT

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1:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Thursday, October 26, 2023

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Thank you to our sponsors:

International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories www.i2sl.org/

2023 Annual Conference and Technology Fair

Full Day
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Half-Day
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

Monday, October 23, 2023

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PT

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

International Institute for
Sustainable Laboratories
www.i2sl.org/