SMART LABS UNITE — Sandia hosted representatives from eight national laboratories and University of California, Irvine, at the Albuquerque site for a workshop on Smart Labs in March. The Smart Labs initiative focuses on boosting the efficacy of laboratory ventilation systems to improve safety, increase building efficiency and lower operating costs. Sandia’s Smart Labs initiative began in 2021 and has so far saved Sandia over 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and $64,000 in energy costs. Inspired by the workshop, the Sandia team is working to integrate fume hood data into analytics tool SkySpark to assist in monitoring and more quickly addressing equipment issues. (Photo by Bret Latter)
