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Renovating Laboratories: Key Concerns and Challenges in Transforming Existing Spaces
Features, Renovations, Sustainability, Safety MaryBeth DiDonna Features, Renovations, Sustainability, Safety MaryBeth DiDonna

Renovating Laboratories: Key Concerns and Challenges in Transforming Existing Spaces

Laboratory renovation offers sustainability and cost advantages over new construction but poses complex challenges—including structural limits, MEP upgrades, safety compliance, and stakeholder coordination—that require careful planning and collaboration to create flexible, high-performing research spaces

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KC Water Expands Laboratory for the Next Generation of Testing
Expansions, water systems, Government Labs MaryBeth DiDonna Expansions, water systems, Government Labs MaryBeth DiDonna

KC Water Expands Laboratory for the Next Generation of Testing

The KC Water laboratory, which has served as Kansas City’s hub for water quality testing for over 30 years, is undergoing a phased expansion and renovation to increase testing capacity, improve safety and workflows, integrate staff-driven design, ensure uninterrupted operations, and incorporate sustainable, future-ready infrastructure that positions the facility to meet evolving regulatory and technological demands

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A High-Rise Laboratory That Redefines Research Infrastructure

A High-Rise Laboratory That Redefines Research Infrastructure

KU Leuven’s new 14-story, 30,000-square-meter BioScience Centre brings 500 researchers under one roof in a high-rise lab designed for sustainability, flexibility, and collaboration, with input from users shaping everything from co-location strategies to modular layouts and future-ready infrastructure

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Advancing Efficiency in Laboratory Design: Actionable Insights from NREL

Advancing Efficiency in Laboratory Design: Actionable Insights from NREL

In the closing session of the 2025 Lab Design Conference, experts from NREL highlighted how the Smart Labs framework offers a practical path to significantly reduce laboratory energy use—without sacrificing safety—through data-driven ventilation strategies, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous operational improvement

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