Publications and Web Sites

The following resources provide specific information on laboratory design. Some of these are
focused specifically on sustainability in laboratory facilities, and faculty sponsors are strongly
encouraged to use these resources. They are essential for understanding the nature, scope, and
objectives of the competition program.

- A Design Guide for Energy-Efficient Research Laboratories <http://labs21.lbl.gov/dg.html>
- American Institute of Architects, Center for Advanced Technology Design. Guidelines for
Planning and Design of Biomedical Research Laboratory Facilities. (Washington, DC:
American Institute of Architects, 1999)
- Braybrook, Susan. Design for Research: Principles of Laboratory Design. (New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 1993)
- Cooper, Crawley. Laboratory Design Handbook. Boston: CRC Press, 1994.
- Griffin, Brian. Laboratory Design Guide: for Clients, Architects and their Design Team: the
Laboratory Design Process from Start to Finish. (London: Butterworth Heinemann, 2000)
- Introduction to Low-Energy High Performance Laboratory Design <http://labs21.lbl.gov/LED.html>
- Labs21 Case Studies <http://labs21.lbl.gov/cs.html>
- Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria <http://labs21.lbl.gov/epc.html>
- McIntosh, I., PhD, et al. ASHRAE Laboratory Design Guide, RP-969. (Atlanta, GA: American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.)
- National Science Foundation. Planning Academic Research Facilities: A Guidebook.
(Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, 1992)
- R&D Magazine Lab Design Handbook <http://rdmag.com/scripts/labhandbook1.asp>
- Ruys, Theodora. Laboratory Facilities, Vol. 1 of Handbook of Facilities Planning. (New York:
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990)
- Watch, Daniel. Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories. (New York: John Wiley &
Sons, 2000)
- Whole Building Design Guide <http://wbdg.org>
The following resources provide further information on sustainable design practices in general
i.e. practices that are applicable to a wide range of buildings, including laboratories. Students
should refer to their own school libraries for many other sources of information on sustainable
design issues.
- Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology <http://crest.org>
- U.S. Department of Energy, Center for Sustainable Development <http://www.sustainable.doe.gov>
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy <http://www.eere.energy.gov>
- U.S. Green Building Council <http://usgbc.org>
- Powell, Kenneth. Richard Rogers, Richard Rogers Partnership, Complete Works, Volume
Two. (London: Phaidon Press, 2001), “Towards a Sustainable Architecture: Environmental
Research and Development,” p.236-299
- Steele, James. Sustainable Architecture – Principles, Paradigms and Case Studies. (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1997)
- Ten Shades of Green <http://archleague.org/tenshadesofgreen/index.html>
- Van der Ryn, Sim, and Stuart Cowan. Ecological Design. (Washington: Island Press, 1996)