Facility Improvement of Air Handling in Primary Vivarium Research Building

简介（由申请人提供）：SRI国际是一个独立的、非营利性的研究机构，由加利福尼亚州特许进行科学研究，为公众利益服务。研究是根据政府机构和私人来源的合同和赠款进行的。我们的主要动物设施T楼的空气处理系统需要翻新和改进，以满足当前和预期的动物相关研究项目的需要，满足实验室动物护理和治疗的现行标准，以及监管机构和认证组织的要求。我们建议更换目前位于t楼中间两翼的两台空气处理机组和排风机。根据SRI的设施部门和美国采暖、制冷和空调工程师协会（ASHRAE）的建议，目前的空气处理机组已经超过25年的使用寿命，已经超过了预期寿命。拟议拨款的总体目标是提供设施，以提高我们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，确保我们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，并使我们的研究能够未来扩展。

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.