California's New Green Chemistry Initiative
10:15am – 11:30am

Along with greenhouse gas control, the California Legislature has enacted a centerpiece of the Governor's environmental agenda with new legislation called the Green Chemistry Initiative. The Initiative is a coordinated strategy to reduce or replace the upstream introduction and use of toxic substances, to provide greater information to the public about their risks, and to create a "cradle to cradle" system to evaluate and reduce waste, toxicity, and energy use. The law could result in the nation's most dramatic change in chemical regulation. What will this potentially groundbreaking Initiative mean to your product's content, and its design lead-time, manufacturing, content and disposal? This panel will answer your most frequently asked questions about this innovative law with a panel of experts to help you anticipate how to respond to these new far-reaching requirements.

Panel Moderator:

Peter Hsiao
Partner, Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Panel Speakers:

Leonard E. Robinson
Chief Deputy Director, California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control

Laura D McHugh, PE
Director, EH&S,Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Trash Talk: Understanding the Biotech Laboratory Waste Stream and Ways to Reduce its Cost and Environmental Impact
11:45am – 1:00pm

Although the work done in the lab is no more dangerous or toxic than it was 40 years ago, regulatory changes and environmental sensitivity and concerns have created increases in transportation, materials and energy costs. The consequence is a large increase in the carbon footprint for the standard lab, a reduction in productivity and space efficiency, and in many cases a decrease in the safety of the research environment. A panel of experts, comprised of an architect, facilities manager, safety officer and hazardous materials consultant, will explain the quantitative nature of the problem, show how the safety and environmental agencies compete with each other, and propose strategies to reduce the materials and energy consumption currently needed to comply with standard laboratory practice. The stakes are high as the clutter in the lab, spiraling costs, administrative entropy, and volume of waste containers challenges the environment’s capacity to accommodate the important research needed for our health. Join the panelists as they discuss this timely topic and propose solutions to the critical problem of waste stream management.

Panel Moderator:

Ken Kornberg
President, Kornberg Associates | Architects

Panel Speakers:

Bill Avery
Regional Sales Director - West Region, Stericycle, Inc.

Linda Barcomb
Senior EHS Specialist, Schering-Plough Biopharma

Arthur Mahoney
Principal, Hazard Solutions LLC

Steve Mello
Manager of Operations, Schering-Plough Biopharma

Using L Occupancy in a multistory biotech building – A Case Study
2:45pm – 4:00pm

This session will present a case study of using the 2007 CBC L (Laboratory) Occupancy to design and permit a 6-story laboratory building for a private life sciences company located at Mission Bay in San Francisco. A panel of experts will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of including L occupancy in this ”Mixed-use Occupancy” project. This presentation will include a discussion of the general design approach, specific code requirements, the relationships between control areas and L Suites, and allowable chemical quantities. This session will demonstrate the options that this life sciences company chose between when deciding to use the L occupancy. And finally this panel will discuss submittal and review strategies with the City of San Francisco. L Occupancy will not be right for every mid-rise laboratory project, but it is an option that may be worth considering.

Panel Speakers:

Irene Lo AIA, LEED AP
Principal, Flad Architects

Gale Bate
Owner, Code Resource

Reinhard Hanselka, PE, REA
Principal Chemical Engineer ,Integrated Engineering Services

Jeff Tarter
Principal, Integrated Engineering Services