*Editor’s Note: We are happy to feature this guest blog from the My Green Lab team. My Green Lab, a non-profit environmental organization with a mission to build a global culture of sustainability in science, works to introduce both new perspectives and proven best practices within a carefully crafted framework to inspire tens of thousands of scientists to make a positive change in their labs by reducing the environmental impact of their work. You can learn more about My Green Lab on their website.
Laboratory fridges and freezers are essential for scientific discovery and the betterment of human health—but your ultra-low temperature freezer may be consuming the same amount of energy each day as a small house! In the pursuit of sustainability, this can stall progress towards reaching your environmental goals.
Luckily, options exist to mitigate this—including via third-party and partner challenges and solutions. One such option is through My Green Lab’s free, virtual, 2024 International Laboratory Freezer Challenge, where, over a period of six months, your lab will compete to implement tried-and-true best practices for your lab cold storage. To date, the annual Freezer Challenge program has helped save a whopping 44.7 million kWh worth of energy!
