Labs for the 21st Century, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories.

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Tool Kit

	Intro to Low-Energy Design
	Case Studies
	Best Practice Guides
	Technical Bulletins
	Energy Benchmarking
	Design Guide
	Laboratory Energy Efficiency Profiler (LEEP) Tool
	Labs21 Equipment Efficiency Wiki
	Environmental Performance Criteria
	Design Intent Tool
	Design Process Manual

Labs21 Community

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	Centers of Excellence
	Network

Training and Education

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Links

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	Industry Events
	Industry Awards
	Labs21 In The News

photo by Warren Gretz courtesy of National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Labs21^® is a voluntary partnership program dedicated to improving the environmental performance of U.S. laboratories.

New from Labs21

Identify energy-efficiency opportunities in your laboratory using the new Laboratory Energy Efficiency Profiler (LEEP) Tool.

A new version of the Labs21 Environmental Performance Criteria has been released.

News You Can Use

On the verge of releasing its 2010 version, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the U.S. Department of Energy are making ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 available free for download.

Did You Know?

Labs21 has a reference tool to help you identify and apply advanced energy-efficiency features in your laboratory. Take a look at the Design Guide for Energy-Efficient Research Laboratories.

Conference and Workshop Cosponsor

The International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I²SL) is the official cosponsor for the Labs21 Annual Conference and workshop trainings.Please visit I²SL's website for the most up-to-date news and information about ways to participate in Labs21 events.