Laboratories are costly to operate and most of that cost is in ventilation needs. In most labs, there are many opportunities to reduce energy usage while saving money and maintaining safety.

One of the most challenging issues facing laboratory owners and managers today is the pressing need to reduce operating costs. The largest single driver of energy consumed in labs is ventilation which accounts for approximately 60% of total energy use.

Management is the key to safe and effective ventilation systems. ECT helps clients develop a Laboratory Ventilation Management Program (LVMP) customized to their facility to ensure proper selection, operation monitoring and maintenance of these systems.

Ensuring safe, dependable and efficient laboratory buildings begins with ensuring proper design of the laboratories and ventilation systems.

We take the hazards you work with everyday very seriously and offer our Hazard Evaluation Program (HEP) to ensure that you are aware of the best methods available for protecting yourself from them.

An important aspect of fume hood and laboratory ventilation safety is the need to verify performance on a regular basis.

The ANSI Z9.5 Standard covers a wide range of issues involved in laboratory ventilation. One of those issues is the method of testing an open fume hood's ability to contain.

Laboratory ventilation systems are very complex and thus require proper installation, setup, calibration and maintenance in order to function safely and efficiently.

ECT developed the SOMT to determine ventilation system capacity and maintain operation into the future.

The NIH fume hood testing protocol is a comprehensive and extensive series of tests that can be conducted by only a handful of testing agencies throughout the world.

The MD15128 is a set of laboratory fume hood guidelines developed for Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

"Human-as-Mannequin (HAM) Challenge Tests" are intended to be practical, dynamic challenges by simulating actual operator hand and arm movements through manipulation of objects within a fume hood that may cause loss of containment.

Our environmentally controlled laboratory can be customized to fit your testing needs.

ECT is proud to offer our calibration service to help ensure that these systems are reporting accurate data to the building control system.

ECT can quickly and accurately identify the cause of re-entrainment and propose an appropriate solution.

In an effort to educate our clients on the many aspects of laboratory ventilation, ECT has opened a training center, located beside our main office in Cary, NC.