FAS - Green Labs

The use of -80F freezers is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions on campus.

In July 2009, Arkhat Abzhanov’s group in OEB became the first FAS lab to achieve Green Labs Certification, led by the tireless effort of postdoc Celine Clabaut.  The certification is designed to recognize the environmental efforts of outstanding labs at FAS, and is coupled with the Green Labs Program’s Lab Sustainability Assessments, which help researchers set tangible, achievable goals re

FAS is giving out free timers for energy conservation within its buildings. In order for us to evaluate whether to give you a timer, please fill out basic information about your idea in the following simple form!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHpNbEdwZEpjbWNHaGVPXzNv...

Until Wednesday 9/16, we are accepting applications to be a Lab Sustainability Rep, helping labs conserve resources without adversely impacting research! Lab Sustainability Reps are great resources for the labs which invite us to brainstorm with them because they have experience in lab settings and have seen best practices from a wide range of labs across FAS.

The FAS Green Program is proud to announce the requirements for achieving FAS Green Labs Certification!  Since beginning lab visits in Spring 2009, our Lab Sustainability Representatives have seen a wide range of sustainable research practices being implemented across the science departments at FAS, and we would like to recognize the labs that have achieved t

The FAS Green Program is giving out free plug timers (while supplies last!)

We have successfully installed them in five labs (hot plates, water baths, fluorescent lighting, and heat blocks) and water coolers in offices.

Interested in helping your office reduce its environmental footprint and reduce financial impacts? Join us for a workshop to walk through Harvard’s Green Office Certification Program and find out how your office can get started towards becoming "4 leaf" certified! (All schools, units, and departments welcome!)

Dear PRISE students,

As announced at this week’s Environmental Jeopardy studybreak, the FAS Green Labs Program has partnered with PRISE to promote sustainable research practices in the labs, through the PRISE Green Challenge. The FAS Lab Sustainability Reps will be available on Tuesday nights at dinner to answer any questions and provide advice for pursuing sustainable projects.

7 FAS Labs Undergo Comprehensive Environmental Assessments

Based on a successful program at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Green Labs Program has partnered with students to analyze science labs for resource conservation opportunities.

If all goes well, Stuart McNeil, building manager for the Department of Physics, will be well into retirement by the time someone has to change the light bulbs he has just installed in Professor Jene Golovchenko’s biophysics lab.