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Demand Response in Critical Environments: Can Cleanrooms and Labs Participate Safely?
Demand response can offer energy savings for laboratories and cleanrooms, but only when supported by rigorous planning, risk assessment, commissioning, and safeguards that protect safety and research operations
Upgraded Cell Banking Suites Support Growing CGT Demand
Minaris has upgraded its Philadelphia GMP cell banking suites to increase capacity, strengthen contamination control, and integrate manufacturing and testing workflows, providing advanced therapy developers with a more efficient and scalable path from cell banking through commercialization
Anchoring NY’s $10B Plan: Inside NanoFab Reflection’s 22-Foot Cleanroom
Engineers custom-designed a massive 50,000-sf cleanroom to isolate vibration, optimize airflow, and accommodate ASML’s revolutionary 200-ton High NA EUV lithography tool
Understanding Single-Use Facility Design in Life Sciences: The Basics for Success
Single-use technology has transformed biopharmaceutical manufacturing by improving flexibility and efficiency, but successful facilities require early planning to address the complex design, supply chain, regulatory, and operational demands of managing disposable process components for every batch
Morgan State University Expands Research Infrastructure With Advanced Labs
Morgan State University is advancing its research infrastructure through a new microelectronics cleanroom and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory designed to support interdisciplinary research, workforce development, and the University’s pursuit of Carnegie R1 status
Key Design Considerations for Cleanroom/Dryroom Facilities
The rapid growth of AI, data centers, and advanced manufacturing is driving increased demand for cleanrooms and dryrooms designed to provide strict humidity, contamination, and temperature control for sensitive products, research, and manufacturing processes
High-Performance Labs, Right-Sized Budgets: The Value Design Approach
Replacing traditional cost-cutting value engineering with a proactive, collaborative value design approach enables science and technology facilities to optimize performance, flexibility, and lifecycle costs from the outset
Elevating Lab Design: AMRF Earns Special Mention for Sustainable Renovation
The NRC’s $77 million AMRF project in Ontario transforms an occupied, conventional lab building into a vertically expanded, LEED Gold, highly flexible, and electrified research facility—earning a 2026 Design Excellence Special Mention while serving as a scalable model for modern, low-carbon laboratory design
Custom University Labs: Attracting Top Talent with Design Collaborations
Universities are increasingly partnering with architects to design highly customized labs—often within aging buildings—to attract top-tier researchers, translating complex scientific needs into flexible, future-ready spaces that support cutting-edge discovery
Cleanroom Fundamentals: Layout, Workflow, and Compliance Considerations
Designing a cleanroom requires early, process-driven planning that balances contamination control, regulatory compliance, specialized infrastructure, and user needs, because these highly controlled environments must be tailored to the science they support