Topic Support Network: Sustainable Construction

High Performance Science Buildings: How to make them Safe, Successful and Sustainable

Universities aim to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the face of financial and other pressures.  As science and technology research and teaching are among their most expensive operations, this requires new thinking in the design and operation of their buildings – especially laboratories.

This free workshop is for academic, estates and technical staff in universities, and their architects and engineers. It takes advantage of a UK visit by Wendell Brase who is Vice Chancellor (Administrative and Business Services) at the University of California, Irvine – who is giving a keynote address to the Effective Laboratories Conference, 18/19 June at University of Liverpool.

Mr Brase will describe the campus and laboratory improvement programme that he has overseen at Irvine – and within the broader University of California system – and focus on Irvine’s “Smart Lab” initiative.  This integrated set of laboratory design criteria and performance standards greatly reduces energy consumption (by 50% in new designs compared to existing ones) – and operating costs – and provides performance benefits.
This will be followed by presentations on the approach taken for the following:
• New Biomedical Science Annexe at St Andrews, (BREEAM Outstanding)
• Refurbishment of the Old Royal High School for Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (aiming for BREEAM Outstanding). 

This master class workshop will discuss the issues and offers excellent interactivity. 
The workshop has been made possible by Scottish Funding Council support for a joint University of Edinburgh / S-Lab project, in collaboration with Aberdeen, Glasgow, Napier and Strathclyde Universities which has piloted the S-Lab /  NUS Green Impact Laboratory Environmental Assessment framework at each of the partner institutions.

Co-hosted by the EAUC-Scotland Topic Support Network on Sustainable Construction. 

Please register now at www.s-lab24june13.eventbrite.co.uk to book your place.