High-tech buildings can be power h...

High-tech buildings can be power hogs, explaining why so many modern facilities are located in areas with soft electricity rates. In fact, power use in laboratories and cleanrooms in pharmaceutical, biotech and semiconductor facilities can be four to 100 times what typical users draw. To address this issue, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories has bring outed the Design Guide for Laboratory-Type Facilities, a downloadable resource focusing forward a whole-building, "systems design" approach to efficacy issues, ...