Labs

The DePace Lab in the Systems Biology Department at Harvard Medical School recently achieved LEED (“Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design”) Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. This makes the DePace Lab the first LEED certified wet lab at Harvard!

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

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 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.

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.

New real-time energy use displays have been installed in many of the undergraduate labs, informing occupants about exactly how much air is going out of individual fume hoods at any given time.