Plumbing

The Green Vivarium: Strategies for Sustainability

It takes people energy to implement energy and resource savings in a vivarium. An upcoming resource publication looks to help inform and guide the process toward greener and more sustainable facilities.


Design Considerations for Placement of Autoclaves in BSL and ABSL Containment Facilities

When double door autoclaves are placed into a BSL-3 or BSL-4 laboratory, several decisions should be reviewed by the lab planner and/or architect All the elements that go into designing a sterilization system must be determined while keeping containment in mind.

Design and Accreditation

What resource is the most appropriate to use and the most well-defined for insuring that the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design will qualify for AAALAC accreditation?