Sustainability is influenced by acting interdisciplinary and a huge variety of single parameters. Due to the perception that single organizations or personalities are unable to perform the expertise in all necessary disciplines Egnaton describes the variety with the eJournal Egnaton Notes plus.

Egnaton Notes plus 1st edition is dominated by the variety of sustainability. All sustainability topics are handled by the work groups in a holistic way and good results may be expected in order to improve research laboratories. Against the background of further individual properties of research buildings and the technological advance there is no end of sustainability generating design processes in sight.

The articles are the result of working groups within Egnaton as well as case study of single members. They must be understood as depiction of special conditions but also as suggestions for the experienced reader with regard to feasible strategies.