Facility Improvement of Air Handling in Primary Vivarium Research Building

初级动物园研究大楼空气处理设施改进

• 批准号: 7629548
• 负责人: KENNETH LOPEZ
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: SRI INTERNATIONAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-16 至 2011-07-15
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7629548
• 关键词: Accreditation; Air; Air Conditioning; American; Animals; Biomedical Research; California; Caring; Contracts; Engineering; Ensure; Environment; Future; Government Agencies; Grant; Heating; International; Laboratory Animal Models; Laboratory Animals; Life Expectancy; Personal Satisfaction; Recommendation; Research; Research Institute; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Societies; Source; System; Wing; animal facility; exhaust; meetings

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SRI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute chartered by the State of California to conduct scientific research for the public benefit. Research is conducted under contracts and grants from government agencies as well as from private sources. Renovations and improvements of the air handling systems in our main animal facility, Building T, are required to meet the needs of current and anticipated animal-related research projects, prevailing standards for care and treatment of laboratory animals, and requirements of regulatory agencies and accreditation organizations. We propose to replace our current two air handling units and exhaust fans located in the two middle wings of Building T. The current air handling units are more than 25 years old and have exceeded their life expectancy according to SRI's Facilities Department and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recommendations. The overall objective of the proposed grant is to provide facilities that will enhance the well-being of our laboratory animal models and ensure an appropriate and predictable environment for them, ensure the quality of our biomedical research that includes laboratory animals, adequately protect researchers, and enable future expansion of our research.

描述（由申请人提供）：SRI International 是一家独立的非营利性研究机构，由加利福尼亚州特许，旨在为公共利益开展科学研究。研究是根据政府机构以及私人来源的合同和拨款进行的。我们的主要动物设施 T 楼的空气处理系统需要进行翻新和改进，以满足当前和预期的动物相关研究项目的需求、实验动物护理和治疗的现行标准以及监管机构和认证的要求组织。我们建议更换位于 T 楼中翼两个现有的两台空气处理机组和排气扇。根据 SRI 设施部门和美国供热协会的数据，当前的空气处理机组已使用超过 25 年，并且已超过其预期寿命、制冷和空调工程师 (ASHRAE) 建议。拟议拨款的总体目标是提供设施，以增强我们的实验动物模型的福祉，并确保为它们提供适当和可预测的环境，确保包括实验动物在内的生物医学研究的质量，充分保护研究人员，以及使我们的研究能够在未来得到扩展。