In short, we want construction sites to be more like factories.. Off-site and modular construction: are factories really all that great?.
Some client laboratory equipment can be damaged or become dangerous if there’s a loss of power, so understanding any Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) requirements early on is essential.. As usual, the coordination between the MEP services becomes the difficult part of the latter stages.It’s not unusual to have an extremely busy ceiling void, so it is important to start with the drainage and then the ventilation.
We have to bear in mind the coordination below the ceiling too, with dropping services, wall-mounted isolation and panels, shut-off valves and emergency stop buttons, all competing for space on the walls.Internal windows will be needed in labs with dangerous atmospheres to ensure line of sight for occupant safety, which will further impact the below ceiling coordination.While external windows will need to be maintained to introduce daylight, this can lead to solar heat gains.
Blinds can be used but they can trap dirt, so we will place them between secondary glazing.Alternatively, we use solar film and external blinds, and if possible, design the building so the lab is north-facing..
In our experience, most of the issues with a laboratory design stem from the client laboratory equipment list.
It could be it lacks definition, keeps changing, contains unknown elements or assumptions, or is poorly set up and kept.Using sustainable methods to produce bio-methane and bio-methanol in place of fossil fuel derived versions, helps reduce the total amount of fossil fuels circulating in the industrial plastics industry and, therefore, the extent to which emissions are generated.. A study by Gabrielli et al, investigating the benefits of carbon capture, used the visual below to show how each system works and how the captured carbon is being reused (Figure 1)..
Figure 1: via Gabrielli et al: illustrating a comparison of ‘business as usual’ chemical production against CCS and CCU via direct air capture with carbon storage (DACCS) techniques.Also illustrated is a biomass-based option.. 4.
Difficulties with Carbon Capture.There are limitations with these carbon capture methods, however, as CCS by itself isn’t enough to bring us to the designated targets for the industry.