The Benefits of Having a Sustainable Lab

Here’s why…

• Labs consume 3-4 times more energy than offices per square meter.
• A typical research university lab consumes 40-60% of all energy on campus – 1⁄4 of that is from lab equipment alone.
• Whether life science or chemistry lab – the amount of energy used by ‘the basics’ is significant. 70% of energy saved when replacing old equipment with energy efficient ones.
• On average, a single fume hood consumes the same amount of energy as three family homes every day. 40% of energy can be saved just by lowering the sash on a fume hood.

Freezers are a major pain point

• An average ULT freezer consumes as much as a single house-hold (about 20kWh/day)
• Defrosting can contribute to approximately 10% in energy savings
• Changing from -80°C to -70°C can save approx. 40% in energy savings

PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY INTO PRACTICE YIELDS RESULTS

Over 200 LABS participated in the in 2017 across North America:

• University of California, San Diego – 41 labs collectively saved 500,000 kWh/year from participating in the Freezer Challenge – this comes to $50,000 savings annually.
• CDC’s combined labs saved an estimated 367,400 kWh/year in 2018 from the Freezer Challenge.
• The energy savings due to this Challenge are equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by ~ 1,200 metric tons.
• Together, they saved approx. 2.7 million kWh/ year and discarded more than 200,000 samples.

You can read our full article about the benefits of a sustainable lab here.

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