Many of them involve the use of hazardous material. It is the University s responsibility to ensure that operating conditions do not exist which will endanger faculty, students, other staff and the building structures.
All hoods involve the discharge of air from the building.
These factors influence the energy cost which is directly related to the operating cost of the system as a whole. The end result is that hood installations need to be carefully reviewed from an engineering and a safety point of view before being placed in operation. The objective of the University is to ensure that hoods are installed so as to operate in a safe and a cost-effective way. This regulation is established to assist all interested parties in obtaining needed fume hoods which meet all safety requirements and all engineering aspects related to cost effectiveness and sound operating conditions. The Energy Management Coordinator, Physical Plant, has the responsibility to ensure that energy requirements are at the lowest feasible level and that environmental conditions are optimum.