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fume hood

An enclosed, ventilated space used in a laboratory to contain and exhaust aerosols, chemicals, dusts, microbes, powders, vapors, and other inhalational hazards.

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Led by Ken Yeager, with more than 30 years' experience in the laboratory casework and fume hood industry, Sydney Science brings extensive knowledge and perception to the education, healthcare and industrial markets.

Hamilton Laboratory Solutions Announces Exclusive Partnership with Sydney Science Throughout New England

It also highlights the difference in ducted supply air that results from the combination of chilled beams, high performance fume hoods, and displacement systems.

University Lab Model for Energy Efficiency

Method of testing performance of laboratory fume hoods. Atlanta: ASHRAE.

Energy solution for laboratory facilities

Figure 1 shows an "energy driver" mapping of several different labs, making it easy to see what percentage of time each lab is driven by thermal, fume hood or dilution requirements--as well as the amount of time the lab is running at design minimum flows.

Monitoring lab energy usage: labs are energy guzzlers, but efficient energy monitoring can help reduce energy usage

Fume hood features a double wall construction with an angled frame opening with either double vertical side sashes or horizontal sliding glass doors.

UniFlow launches walk-in hoods

As an alternative to ducted fume hoods, some laboratories use a ductless or advanced filtering fume hood with a molecular carbon filter.

Lab work: with numerous pieces of equipment and a variety of heating and cooling needs, hospital labs require attention to meet a facility's sustainability goals

* Moveable fume hoods: These are used in place of fixed models.

Atmosphere for inquiry: the new rules of science lab construction. (Special section: construction trends)

Typically, lab users tend to prefer fume hoods without exploring or considering a myriad of other available options.

With Capture Devices, One Device Does Not Fit All: There are a variety of safe and energy efficient capture devices available for lab use

The 50,000-sf New Technology and Learning Center (NTLC) for Bristol Community College (BCC), Fall River, Mass., brings together disparate programs--chemistry, biology, medical and dental education--holding energy-dense uses, including 18 fume hoods, high plug loads and specific ventilation and lighting requirements.

A zero-net-energy teaching laboratory: heat pumps and filtered fume hoods can help achieve ZNE

Patriot ductless fume hoods feature the advanced technology of the Independence fume hood and the cost-effective features of the AC4000 folding and sliding-sash ductless fume hoods.

Ductless fume hoods

* Balancing energy use with the need for 67 fume hoods to educate future engineers and scientists; and