Seminar 5 -- Laboratory Standards and Codes Updates

2024 ASHRAE Annual Conference

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This seminar reviews recent changes to NFPA 45 2024, Title 24 2025, and ANSI Z9.5 2022 with their impact to Laboratory systems and Lab space design. Expanded scope and clarifications in NFPA 45 now align with NFPA 30. This talk reviews updates to Z9.5 and how it aligns to ASHRAE Standard 110. Title 24 2025 now includes performance standards for laboratory exhaust.

1. Significant Modifications to NFPA 45 2024, Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals Kenneth Crooks, New England Laboratory Casework Co., Woburn, MA
2. Changes in the 2025 California Title 24 Energy Code Brad Cochran, C P P Inc, Windsor, CO
3. ANSI/ASSP Z9.5 Laboratory Ventilation 2022 Version and a Look Ahead James Coogan, PE, Siemens Building Technology, Jacksonville, FL