best practices in laboratories from the dual perspectives of research and sustainability

1. best practices in laboratories from the dual perspectives of research and sustainability

2. best practices: laboratory equipment fume hoods autoclaves deionized, distilled, and ultrapure water tissue culture hoods ultra-low freezers lasers microscopes large centrifuges heating blocks

3. best practices: laboratory consumables plastics gloves animal bedding

4. a brief conceptualization of energy consumption 30 kWh/day

5. fume hoods wikipedia.com

6. fume hoods greenfumehood.com

7. fume hoods classification velocity of airflow through the hood uses of the hood ducted v ductless

8. fume hoods: how it works ehs.ufl.edu

9. fume hoods: how it works web.princeton.edu

10. fume hoods: constant air volume (CAV) exhaust flowrate or quantity of air pulled through the hood is constant oregonstate.edu

11. fume hoods: variable air volume (VAV) exhaust flowrate or quantity of air pulled through the hood varies southwestsolutions.com

12. fume hoods energy consumption 3x typical household -Lawrence Berkeley Labs

13. ‘be good in the hood’

15. ‘be good in the hood’ ALWAYS close the sash safest position. thermoscientific.com

16. ‘be good in the hood’ do not store unnecessary items in the hood

17. ‘be good in the hood’ being good in the fume hood not only ensures your safety but it also saves energy

18. tissue culture hoods newvoiceforresearch.blogspot.com med.cam.ac.uk

19. tissue culture hoods: how they work ars.usda.gov

20. tissue culture hoods energy consumption 1 – 12.6 kWh/day depending on usage -manufacturer data 0.3 – 0.6 kWh/day per UV lamp -manufacturer data

21. ‘be good in the hood’

22. ‘be good in the hood’ turn hood COMPLETELY off prevents UV damage to reagents and staff thelabworldgroup.com

23. ‘be good in the hood’ being good in the tc hood not only ensures your safety and prevents unnecessary UV damage to hood contents but it also saves energy

24. ultra-low freezers

25. ultra-low freezers: -80 energy consumption 15 – 20 kWh/day -manufacturer data -validated by monitoring

26. ‘-70 is the new -80’

27. ‘-70 is the new -80’ chill up freezers from -80 to -70 save 2-4kW per day

28. ‘-70 is the new -80’ DOE

29. other best practices for ultra-low freezers clean freezer coils, regularly defrost freezer prolong lifetime of the freezer save 12-25% energy

30. other best practices for ultra-low freezers perform scheduled maintenance on freezers prolong lifetime of the freezer

31. other best practices for ultra-low freezers remove old, unneeded samples fewer samples stored, fewer freezers are needed

32. other best practices for ultra-low freezers transfer samples to other storage paradigms -20 freezers ambient temperature storage containers fewer samples stored, fewer freezers are needed

33. lasers laserfest.org

34. lasers: types gas lasers solid state

35. lasers: gas energy consumption 15 – 120 kWh/day -manufacturer data

36. best practices for lasers exchange gas lasers for solid state lasers solid state lasers last longer, lower maintenance costs could save a minimum of 50% energy -manufacturer data

37. best practices for lasers turn off (gas) lasers when not in use, especially over the weekend prolongs lifetime of the laser saves energy

38. microscopes

39. mercury-free microscopy

40. mercury-free microscopy mercury/metal halide bulbs

41. mercury-free microscopy mercury/metal halide bulbs 5000 hours/mg Hg 2.5 hours/mg Hg 2000 bulbs 1 bulb

42. mercury-free microscopy recycle used mercury and metal halide bulbs

43. other best practices for microscopy energy consumption illumination: 0.12 – 6 kWh/day -monitored by My Green Lab

44. other best practices for microscopy exchange mercury/metal halide for solid state light sources less toxic, cost less to own, in many cases are better for samples savings 25 – 90% -monitored by My Green Lab

45. cost of ownership of microscope illumination sources

46. LED comparison with metal halide: stability

47. LED comparison with metal halide: ‘brightness’ metal halide (300hrs) v. sold state

48. LED comparison with metal halide: energy consumption

49. other best practices for microscopy turn off microscope equipment when not in use prolongs lifetime of the equipment saves energy

50. large centrifuges djblabcare.co.uk