modern engineering centers - a tool for technological development and demonstrating innovation

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The Modern Engineering Centers – a Tool for Technological Development and

Demonstrating Innovation

M.B. Rogachev [email protected]

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17th Century

19th Century

20th Century

21st Century

There’s no need to go back to the 19th century when you’re developing a new

project

The ongoing development of infrastructural solutions

Russian Foundation For Technological Development

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Modern conditions for designing an innovative infrastructure

• New technologies • State regulatory requirements • Competition between science institutions • Competition for funding • Efficient research • Protecting the environment

• Adaptability • Flexibility • Scalability

• Modularity • Reliability • Rationality

• Capital expense reduction • Operating cost reduction • Cultural development

• Flexibility • Available expertise • Corporate image

FACTORS

POTENTIAL

RESULT

A modern engineering center is a major complex, incorporating advanced architectural and engineering design and constructed from the most modern materials, with minimal environmental impact and equipped with universal facilities.


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• flexible, fluid laboratory planning • Total engineering sufficiency • communicative environment

Functionality

• economical to build • economical to operate • minimal use of resources

Economy

• comfortable working areas • home-like circumstances • safety

Comfort, safety

• “green” technologies • recycling of construction and operational materials Ecology

Modern engineering laboratory infrastructure requirements


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We’re not rich enough to build “cheap” engineering centers

Вентиляция; 17,0%Строительные работы; 62,0%

Водоснабжение; 8,0%

Окружающая инфраструктура;

3,0%

Электросистемы; 10,0%

Estimated expense for the construction/renovation of a modern infrastructure center in the USA and Russia: $ 4000 – 6000 per square meter of overall area.

The operating cycle of an engineering center is 25 – 30 years. Applying inefficient solutions shortens this time frame and increases operating expenses. We need to learn how to build engineering centers: A) quickly, using standardized and proven solutions; B) along with optimizing expenses for the entire life cycle (using the LCCA

– Life Cycle Cost Analysis expense evaluation model).

Water supply: 8.0%

Ventilation: 17.0%

Electrical Systems: 10.0%

Surrounding infrastructure: 3.0%

Construction: 62%


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The economic effect of modern approaches

Additional Savings Payback expenses ($) ($/year) period VAV only $300,000 $92,120 3.3 Energy & recovery $80,000 $36,487 2.2 Daylight controls $10,000 $4,111 2.4 Tower free cooling $60,000 $6,754 8.9 Fan pressure drops $19,064 NA Fan staging $37,500 $4,691 8.0

Example: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Science And Technology Facility, Golden, Colorado (LEED platinum rating)

Payback period for engineering solutions is from 2 to 9 years Russian Foundation For Technological Development

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A technical infrastructure construction sector has developed in the USA

The major features of the Labs21Century concept and LEED system 1. An active policy of demonstrating achievements 2. Finding eco-friendly and resource saving solutions 3. A comprehensive approach to improving efficiency not just in the

construction stage, but throughout its entire operational life 4. Use of ecologically safe building materials 5. Expense optimization 6. Economy of means for the optimization of planning, construction, operation

and ecological safety processes 7. International certification of centers as confirmation of quality, safety and

capability of operating in the global market 8. Creation of social infrastructures stimulating collaboration and collective

research 9. Possibility of integration within technical parks to facilitate collaboration

between the government, private investors and the scientific community The average operational period of a laboratory is 2-3 years, after which

its configuration requirements may change considerably Russian Foundation For Technological Development

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Applying the USA’s experience in Russia. Suggestions

Including the following requirements as essential to the creation of engineering centers: decreasing the energy and material resource use of the building; decreasing undesirable effects on the natural eco-system; ensuring a guaranteed level of comfort in the human living environment; using new energy efficient and energy saving products, incorporating them in

new concepts and technologies, creating new areas for their use in the manufacturing and operational sectors;

Compliance with global requirements must be a mandatory condition for engineering centers to accept state funding. Active popularization of the experience of the USA in the area of creating and operating engineering centers. Adaptation to Russian conditions and requirements of the accumulated experience in the USA in the construction of the scientific and technical infrastructure and the development of practical policies and recommendations. Development of a long-term stimulus program for energy efficient and “green” technologies through tax incentives and subsidies.


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