by Shane Henson — October 2, 2013—Aircuity announced earlier this week that it has been chosen to provide its laboratory ventilation optimization solution through an energy retrofit contract with the Lazare Medical Research Facility on the University of Massachusetts’ medical school campus.
The project is expected to significantly lower the energy usage throughout the facility while maintaining a comfortable and productive workspace by continually monitoring the building’s indoor environmental quality.
The project comes as part of the medical school’s energy strategy, which includes a focus on making existing buildings more energy efficient, building new facilities to be green and efficient, and utilizing more efficient power generation for the campus. The Lazare Medical Research facility is the second building to incorporate Aircuity’s demand control ventilation solution. The newly constructed Albert Sherman Center, which achieved LEED Gold certification, was the first Aircuity installation on campus.
The Lazare energy project will involve the installation of Aircuity solutions in the lab areas on all floors of the facility, and is expected to be completed in approximately six months. Partial funding for the project is being provided through utility incentive programs from National Grid and NSTAR.
By continuously monitoring the indoor environmental quality of laboratory spaces, Aircuity provides smart signals to a facility’s building management system to adjust the ventilation rates according to the actual conditions of the space, saving money while ensuring a safe, comfortable, and productive environment for researchers and lab occupants. According to the company, the data collected is then analyzed to provide actionable information to facilities and energy managers on overall building performance and to give environmental health and safety personnel better insight to lab operations.
