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"Reclaiming Valuable Research Laboratory Space: Measuring the Cost of Renewal"
Author: Michael Blayney, Breanna Browder, Dieter Isheim, Steven Matz, and David Seidman
Published In: Facilities Manager
Date: January/February 2020

Poorly utilized space may cost the institution more than it realizes in lost indirect cost recovery associated with sponsored research. In turn, this creates a greater need for research space and disadvantages those faculty who are successful. Successful faculty and their labs often face serious space compression as more scientists look to join their labs. The need for more space creates greater demand on capital budgets. All of this may, in turn, increase borrowing and debit service to build new facilities or renovate out-of-date labs. This undesirable cycle creates more lab space to finance, power, and maintain—further burdening operational budgets.

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