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Beyond Equipment: The Hidden Impact of Laboratory Infrastructure
How integrated infrastructure helps laboratories improve safety and sustainability
Decarbonizing Labs Through Thermal Energy Networks
As laboratories face growing pressure to decarbonize, thermal energy networks offer a path beyond building-by-building electrification. Charlie Marino and Victor Sanchez shared how campuses can leverage shared infrastructure, heat recovery, and strategic planning to reduce emissions, during their 2026 Lab Design Conference session
Laboratories Need an Identity Layer for Their Building Records
A structural failure during a Manhattan building conversion exposed the risks of disconnected facility records. For laboratories, where spaces evolve constantly, maintaining a continuous history of every system and modification may require a new approach to how facility identity is managed
Designing Life Sciences Real Estate for Growth and Talent
As life sciences companies evolve and competition for talent intensifies, developers are rethinking laboratory campuses with adaptable infrastructure, faster occupancy, and employee-focused environments
Professional Profile: Josh Hirshenhorn
Josh Hirshenhorn of Precis Engineering + Architecture discusses how quality requirements, collaboration, and long-term planning are shaping the future of life sciences facilities and influencing the way teams approach laboratory design and upgrades
Lab Users Shape Carnegie Mellon’s New Labs
By involving teaching faculty and laboratory users throughout planning, Carnegie Mellon transformed years of experience in outdated spaces into a new learning environment designed around student workflows, collaboration, and flexibility
Best Practices in Building Flexible and Affordable Labs
Identify ways to reduce costs, improve flexibility, and shorten delivery times on lab renovations and new builds
The Conversations That Make or Break a Research Building
Early planning and design decisions shape the long-term success of research buildings, making clear communication and stakeholder input essential to creating laboratories that perform for decades
Call for Speakers Opens for the 2027 Lab Design Conference
The Lab Design Conference is seeking presentations featuring real-world case studies, lessons learned, and laboratory end-user perspectives
Webinar Preview: Should You Build New or Renovate?
Planning a laboratory project? This free Lab Design webinar explores the key factors that help organizations determine whether new construction or renovation is the better long-term investment