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Sustainable Lab Ambassadors: Using students as green lab guides
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
The Penn State Sustainable Lab Ambassador (SLA) program is an engaged scholarship approach to creating a more sustainable research lab culture and operation while preparing researchers to build a more ...
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Green Lab Networking
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Working to make campus lab operations more sustainable and “green” offers a huge opportunity to reduce energy use and waste while also providing education and hands on sustainability skills to ...
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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What Is Sustainable Science, and How Can We Green Our Labs?
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
The research and teaching conducted in university laboratories often has an outsized impact on a campus’ carbon footprint, due to the energy-intensive nature of lab air quality requirements, as well ...
- Posted Nov. 9, 2023
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Sustainable Lab Community Engagement Campaign
- McGill University (QC)
McGill University is working toward two ambitious sustainability targets: to become zero-waste by 2035 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. As one of the top research universities in Canada ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Educating the Scientific Community to Adopt Sustainability
- My Green Lab (CA)
Engaging scientists in sustainability efforts has long been proven to be an effective way of reducing the environmental impact of laboratories. By implementing actions to improve sustainability, scientists experience a ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Campus Sustainability Starts in the Lab
- My Green Lab (CA)
Recent years show a global movement in sustainability as more organizations see the benefit of reducing their operations’ environmental impact. Thousands of universities have pledged to be more sustainable through ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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UVA Green Labs: A Holistic Approach to Technical Communications
- University of Virginia (VA)
The UVA Green Labs Program has implemented a tiered model for communications that provides helpful and accessible resources to a broad range of stakeholders on Grounds. This approach has been ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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McGill Sustainable Labs Guide
- McGill University (QC)
The McGill Sustainable Labs Guide contains a variety of actionable steps that lab users can take to make their lab operations more sustainable. Some of these practices can be applied ...
- Posted Jan. 17, 2023
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Webinar: Guidance for the Sustainable Procurement of Laboratory Supplies
- University of Georgia (GA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (MA)
Laboratories often represent a “hot spot” within organizations for environmental waste, toxins, and even supply chain labor issues. Until now, comprehensive guidance wasn’t available for purchasers seeking to address ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2022
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Improving Laboratory Water and Energy Efficiency at Tufts University
- Tufts University (MA)
The Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) Departments at Tufts University installed a small autoclave (a laboratory sanitation machine) to reduce energy and water consumption in our ...
- Posted May 20, 2022
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Green building strategies for LEED-certified laboratory buildings: comparison between gold and platinum levels
- Incheon National University
Laboratory facilities at higher education institutions are increasingly utilizing green building strategies to decrease their environmental footprint. The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Market Assessment of Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Laboratories
- My Green Lab (CA)
- San Diego Gas & Electric (CA)
- Southern California Edison (DC)
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
A combination of market research, online surveys, in-person interviews, and a broad literature review of previous industry reports was used to estimate the potential for energy efficiency in laboratory facilities ...
- Posted April 28, 2022
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Toward Zero Waste – A Study In Reducing And Managing Lab Waste
- University of Calgary (AB)
The linear waste management model (take-make-dispose) has led to consumption and production patterns that exceed Earth’s sustainable capacity. Zero Waste philosophies emphasize the reduction of raw material usage, retention ...
- Posted March 10, 2022
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What's in Your Toolkit? Laboratory Efficiency for Cutting Edge Labs
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
Cutting-edge research often hosts hazards that must be contained effectively to maintain a safe work environment for researchers. As a result, laboratories are complex buildings that can be challenging and ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Using Research to Improve Water Sustainability at Weber State University
- Weber State University (UT)
Our student session will focus on undergraduate research done in Ogden, Utah at Weber State University. This research investigates attitudes, beliefs and perceptions towards water and water use held by ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Establishing a Green Labs Certification Program
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
The Green Labs Program is a collaboration between the Office of Sustainability and Environmental Health & Safety with the goal to minimize the environmental impact of laboratories on NAU campus ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Findensers and Floods: A Pilot Study on Reducing Campus Laboratory Water Use
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Hey, there's water all over!' a department director recalled exclaiming when he discovered the chemistry building's most-recent flood. Floods occur periodically in buildings at the University of Wisconsin ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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How to green your lab
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- My Green Lab (CA)
- São Paulo State University
Research labs are often wasteful, making use of unrecyclable materials, always-on equipment and environmentally dangerous chemicals. This webcast, for scientists at all levels, will draw upon the expertise of speakers ...
- Posted Sept. 28, 2021
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Creating or Improving Green Office and Lab Certification Programs: Best Practices
- California State University, Stanislaus (CA)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- The Ohio State University (OH)
- AASHE (MA)
If your institution is considering creating a Green Office Certification Program (GOCP) or improving an existing one, you have company. In 2019, several universities and colleges were in the same ...
- Posted July 22, 2021
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Sustainability-oriented labs in real-world contexts: An exploratory review
- Chalmers University of Technology
There are growing claims that meaningfully engaging with complex sustainability challenges requires change of a systemic nature. In governing transitions to sustainability, laboratories in real world contexts are growing in ...
- Posted May 5, 2021
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How to Make Your Lab Sustainable
- University College London (London)
If you work in a laboratory setting, this video is for you! Made by a chemistry professor at UCL, one of the biggest research universities in the UK, this video ...
- Posted April 30, 2021
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Approaches to Incorporating Green Chemistry and Safety into Laboratory Culture
- University of Georgia (GA)
A systems thinking approach to incorporating green chemistry and safety into laboratory culture is vital, as chemists will be at the molecular level of the innovative solutions to our global ...
- Posted Jan. 12, 2021
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Piloting Styrofoam Recycling in Research Facilities at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
Georgia Tech has systems in place to collect and recycle everything from cardboard and office paper, to plastic and glass. But until 2019, there was no established process for recycling ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2020
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Sustainable Economy in Labs: I2SL's Landfill Diversion Working Group Pursues Upstream Dysfunction
- Emory University (GA)
- University of Georgia (GA)
Researcher time is for research! Join us in calling for upstream innovations to build a circular economy and protect valuable scholar time! Achieving sustainability in laboratory settings with regard to ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Sustainable Procurement in Laboratories: It's Time to Act
- My Green Lab (CA)
Recent years have seen an increased focus on sustainable procurement across a multitude of industries. Yet with little information or sustainability standards for laboratory products, it has been challenging for ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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STARS Report as a Framework for Campus Sustainability.
- The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)
The Eco Rep program at the University of Texas at Dallas expanded campus sustainability efforts by using AASHE STARS reporting as a framework for new student run initiatives and projects ...
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Starting a Sustainable Revolution in Campus Laboratories
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
UAB Green Labs Program is an institution-wide, voluntary program designed to reduce the university’s environmental footprint while simultaneously reducing operating costs of research buildings. The program accomplishes its goals ...
- Posted May 15, 2019
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Piloting Sustainability in UVA Research Labs
- University of Virginia (VA)
A one-year, comprehensive study in three campus research labs illustrates the benefits of small-scale infrastructural improvements paired with occupant engagement techniques . Lighting upgrades, equipment timers, and freezer set-points were targeted ...
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast Episode 16: Reducing Waste and Increasing Reuse in Labs at Northwestern University
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Rheaply, Inc (IL)
Julie Cahillane, Sustainability Associate Director at Northwestern University and Dr. Garry Cooper, adjunct professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and CEO/Co-founder of Rheaply, Inc..
In this conversation ...
- Posted Feb. 14, 2019
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UT Austin Green Labs and Green Offices
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Green Offices and Green Labs initiative at University of Texas at Austin aims to transform campus workspaces into more eco-friendly environments. Improvements include reducing overall waste, implementation of collection ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Greening the Chemistry Research and Teaching Labs: Resources to Increase Safety and Reduce Waste
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- Beyond Benign (MA)
University and college campuses across the United States are pushing the envelope on greening their campus facilities, operations, and processes. However, despite their disproportionate consumption of resources, laboratories are often ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Undergrads as Consultants: Sharing Strategies and Experiences From a Student Intern Program
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
The UW-Madison Office of Sustainability (OS) employs student interns year-round to work on campus sustainability projects. The model for their efforts is one of consultation; the students serve as a ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Greening the Lab (and Beyond!) A Guide to Applying Green Chemistry to Practical Settings and Creating Displays to Spread the Word
- Cornell University (NY)
- Harvard University (MA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (WI)
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Not all chemistry laboratories are created equal. Broken fume hoods, confusing waste beakers, and distillations that have been running (as far as anyone can tell) since the lab bench was ...
- Posted Oct. 10, 2018
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Implementation of a Green Labs Program in Campus Laboratories
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)
UAB Green Labs Program is an institution-wide, voluntary program designed to reduce the university’s carbon output while simultaneously reducing operation costs of research buildings. The program accomplishes its goals ...
- Posted May 11, 2018
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Avoided Costs from Shared Laboratory Equipment and Space at CU Boulder
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
CU Green Labs at the University of Colorado Boulder has spent the last year writing a case study to highlight the benefits of our Biochemistry Cell Culture Facility to our ...
- Posted May 4, 2018
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Lab Building Benchmarking - Boston and Beyond
- Harvard University (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Boston Green Ribbon Commission (MA)
This webinar will present an important new benchmarking study of academic laboratory buildings from the Boston area, conducted by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s Higher Education Working Group. Lab ...
- Posted March 15, 2018
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Boston Area Lab Energy Benchmarking Study: Year 1 & Year 2
- Boston Green Ribbon Commission (MA)
Year 1 Report: Lab facilities are often the source of the greatest energy use at large research institutions, disproportionate to the square footage they occupy, so they are a key ...
- Posted March 15, 2018
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The Biochemistry Cell Culture Facility at CU Boulder: Avoided costs and other benefits resulting from shared equipment in collaborative research space
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
With scientists experiencing intense competition for federal biomedical research funding, efficiency and cost-saving measures are powerful tools to maximize the impact of those research dollars. The large environmental footprint of ...
- Posted Feb. 15, 2018
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Green Lab and Green Office Programs at the University of Washington
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The Green Office and Green Lab programs at the University of Washington are an integral part of reaching our campus sustainability goals. These posters showcase offices and labs environmental impact ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Stop Recycling? Stop Composting? The hard choices when doing the right thing for People, Profit, and Planet.
- Cornell University (NY)
Engaged students, faculty, and staff are eager to recycle and compost all they can! But what happens after material goes in the recycle or compost bin? Collaboration with campus partners ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Arizona State University's Laboratory Standard and Design Guide
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Laboratory ventilation and conditioning on university campuses can be responsible for one quarter or more of greenhouse gas emissions, so climate neutrality will be difficult without dramatic gains in efficiency ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Green Labs at The University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Office of Sustainability's Green Labs program at The University of Texas at Austin is a student-led initiative that serves as a resource to help researchers run a more ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Saving Energy and Creating a Constant, Consistent, Repeatable Lab Environment at The University of Maryland IBBR
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- Optimum Energy (WA)
The University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research will outline the steps they took to reduce their energy consumption, further improve their environmental stabilization plant's reliability and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Featuring the Chemistry Department in Campus Sustainability Initiatives: Best Practices in the Lab and Curriculum
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
- My Green Lab (CA)
- Beyond Benign (MA)
Chemistry laboratories have a long-standing reputation of being energy, water, and waste intensive. The emergence of high standards of environmental and social responsibility have lead to a particular need for ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Expanding the Horizons of Campus Recycling: Addressing Expanded Polystyrene Waste at Three Institutions of Higher Education
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
College and university campuses strive to minimize waste and promote thoughtful disposal practices among campus residents. However, one material that presents unique challenges to sustainably manage is expanded polystyrene (EPS ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Stanford 2017 Lab Swap Meet
- Stanford University (CA)
Stanford hosts a biannual lab swap meet that invites lab users to donate items no longer needed for their own research and find items of use donated by others.
- Posted Oct. 12, 2017
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Energy conservation attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors in science laboratories
- Michigan State University (MI)
Energy use per square foot from science research labs is disproportionately higher than that of other rooms in buildings on campuses across the nation. This is partly due to labs ...
- Posted June 19, 2017
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KMRB Energy Reduction Project
- University of Rochester (NY)
The University of Rochester’s Medical Center operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week in a 5.4 million square foot complex. Facilities Operations is responsible for providing conditioned ...
- Posted May 18, 2017
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Greening Federal Grants: Why there is a need to connect efficiency to federal funding for research at universities
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- AASHE (MA)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
This webinar will includes two parts: PART 1: The Department of Energy (DOE) will provide an overview of the DOE Smart Labs Accelerator Program which was launched at the 2016 ...
- Posted May 4, 2017
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