New England Regional Laboratory (NERL)

69,349 gross square feet (GSF)

Energy Intensity:
FY 2022: 236,496 Btu per GSF
24.7% reduction from FY 2003

Water Intensity:
FY 2022: 16.99 gallons per GSF
1.0% increase from FY 2007

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

NERL conducts chemical and biological laboratory analysis of environmental samples for the Office of Environmental Measurement and Evaluation.

The laboratory features variable air volume fume hoods and ventilation systems that use less energy than constant-volume models.
The facility has faucet aerators and a condensate recovery system, which captures condensate water and reuses it as makeup water, saving the facility 140,000 gallons of water per year.
As part of NERL’s active and passive solar design, EPA installed solar energy-producing window awnings that generated 472 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in fiscal year (FY) 2022.
NERL received the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED^® Gold for New Construction (version 1.0) certification in February 2003.
A stormwater treatment system collects runoff from the site’s parking lot storm drains and separates sediment and oil from stormwater. Water from impervious surfaces flows into an underground chamber, where a vortex enhances gravitational settling of sediment. An oil baffle wall then removes oils and other floatables before treated water is released through a flow control chamber into the stormwater pipe system.

For more information, visit the NERL website or the EPA Facility Contact List.