Simplify Safety - Fume Hood Integration into Modern Labs

Event Description

In today’s rapidly evolving laboratory landscape, fume hood integration stands as a pivotal factor in achieving efficiency, safety and compliance. Designing or renovating a lab space involves meticulous attention to detail and fume hoods can impact nearly every design decision. Explore how integrating fume hoods during the initial planning phase enhances lab efficiency, optimizes energy usage, and ensures compliance with safety standards and building codes. This presentation provides practical insights that will empower you to create cutting-edge laboratory environments that align with the evolving demands of modern research.

Learning Objectives

• Learn about the benefits of effective fume hood design in a laboratory environment and how it promotes lab safety

• Discuss the importance of integrating fume hood design into the initial planning phase of a laboratory project and how it impacts other design decisions

• Explore the ways that fume hood design enhances lab efficiency and optimizes a lab’s energy usage, and helps labs adhere to safety standards and building codes

• Discover how to implement a modern, cutting-edge fume hood design into a new or renovated laboratory environment

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Speaker

Kasey Fulmer

Product Manager

Kasey is the Product Manager of fume hoods at Labconco Corporation. He has extensive knowledge of industry standards, including NFPA 45, ANSI/ASSP Z9.5 and the fume hood containment testing standard ASHRAE 110. He serves as a committee member on NFPA 45, contributing to the development and evolution of laboratory fire safety standards. Kasey is heavily involved in the design, testing and application of fume hoods. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri–Kansas City.