Case Study: Safer, Sustainable Labs with Simplified Compliance Reporting

A Canadian research institution specializing in behavioral and life sciences operates a state-of-the-art vivarium facility. With strict requirements for both animal welfare and researcher safety, the institution sought to reduce the high energy demands of laboratory ventilation while maintaining compliance with oversight bodies such as the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC).

Vivarium laboratories are among the most energy-intensive spaces on campus. Traditional ventilation strategies rely on fixed air change rates, which often exceed what is needed to maintain safe and compliant conditions. The institution needed a smarter approach that could:

• Optimize air changes per hour (ACH) dynamically to match real-time conditions.
• Integrate with existing IT systems for secure, streamlined operations.
• Simplify compliance reporting to CCAC.

The institution deployed AntrumX® for centralized laboratory airflow optimization, paired with the AntrumEYE® data platform. Together, the system delivered:

Paired with AntrumEYE®, Antrum’s ventilation data platform, the facility team gained:

• Dynamic ACH optimization in vivarium spaces, reducing unnecessary airflow without compromising safety.
• SAML-based single sign-on integration, allowing the institution to manage user access through its existing identity management system.
• Simplified CCAC reporting through automated data collection and visualization.

Reduced Energy

Dynamic ACH control lowered ventilation demand substantially.

Secure Platform Integration

SAML allowed seamless user access management.

Compliance Efficiency

AntrumEYE streamlined CCAC reporting, reducing administrative overhead.

Future Opportunity

Because of the success in reducing lab ventilation demand, the institution is now evaluating chemical-monitored exhaust at the fan stacks to enable even greater energy savings.

With AntrumX and AntrumEYE, the institution demonstrated that safety, compliance, and sustainability can go hand in hand. The system not only lowered operating costs but also gave facilities leaders the data and flexibility to consider strategies—such as stack-level exhaust monitoring—that were previously out of reach. By building on this foundation, the institution is poised to achieve even deeper energy reductions while supporting its world-class research mission.