Laboratory containing an arrangement of workbenches and a ventilation assembly disposed above the workbenches

A laboratory assembly, the assembly comprising:

• at least one workbench having a rear longitudinal edge and a ventilation system arranged above said workbench, said ventilation system having a central supply air channel being a combined air supply channel and air outlet, and an exhaust air channel above said central-supply air channel, and said ventilation system being received above said workbench on a frame of support profiles;
• air guiding panels being arranged on a first and second side of said central-supply air channel, said air guiding panels having panel edges angled in an upwards direction and being configured to deflect air which has been heated under said workbench by laboratory equipment and/or EDP devices;
• and
• a gap arranged along said rear longitudinal edges of said workbench, and the air being guided to rise through said gap away from said central supply air channel in an upwards direction into a room region above said air guiding panels.