Lagus Applied Technology, Inc. (LAT) was formed in 1990 to provide specialized test equipment and measurement consulting services for assessment of general (dilution) and industrial (exhaust) ventilation system performance, contaminant migration, and indoor air quality. The new company incorporated the key elements of the tracer gas measurement and instrumentation business of the S-Cubed Division of Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. with the measurement expertise and computer modeling capabilities developed by the Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (formerly NBS).
LAT was formed to offer to the commercial public the extensive knowledge of airflow, ventilation, contaminant migration, and indoor air quality that existed in the R&D community, but which had not been widely disseminated to the commercial world. LAT offers this expertise in three ways:
Measurement instrumentation and systems
On site measurement services
Computer modeling
LAT is the only company in the U.S. (and perhaps the world) for which tracer gas instrumentation and tracer measurement consulting service is its primary business.
As of January 2005, LAT has undertaken in excess of 360 tracer gas and contaminant migration testing programs for a variety of clients in these sectors: semiconductor, pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, building construction, and nuclear industries, as well as the US Military and other agencies of state and federal government. Included in this total are a select number of programs in support of litigation related to ventilation performance and/or contaminant migration in the indoor environment. In these programs LAT professionals are called upon to undertake experimental evaluations and prepare testimony for use in a court of law.
LAT staff collectively possess over 100 person years of direct, tracer gas related experience which can be brought to bear on resolving the myriad technical issues which routinely arise in the course of an indoor air quality, contaminant migration, or ventilation system performance assessment.