Sustainable laboratory competition finale
The sustainable laboratory competition at Uppsala University came to a close during the big finale on May 25th. Not only did we have five exciting talks from representatives of the projects, but were able to crown the winners in the end: 3rd place: Minimizing energy, gas and water consumption in the Molecular Biomimetics Program (Department…
Happy new year and Green lab initiative grant winners
Happy new year everyone! We hope you all had a good start into 2023 and that the year will be a good one for all of us. We wanted to take the time and thank all of you – because of your efforts and showing that you care, it feels a little less daunting to…
Green laboratory competition!
Today we provide the details for our green laboratory competition! All are welcome to submit proposals; and those working at Uppsala University are also eligible to apply for funds to implement their proposals (up to 15’000 SEK). See below for the full details! Competition Goal: Promote the formation of a network of labs dedicated to…
August 2022 Network Update
Dear network, I hope you are having a lovely summer! As the network was able to receive another round of funding from the University Climate pot, we have exciting news to share and some general updates! Network update and this year’s green labs competition For the second year in a row, the network was able…
It’s now official: Environmental impact of single-use plastic items is typically greater than re-using glass items.
To anyone working in a laboratory, it should come to no surprise that the research we do is resource intensive – not only in terms of financial costs but also in its carbon footprint. Reserach labs require large amounds of energy to run equipment and typically consume large volumes of materials, particularly single-use items. Re-using…
Recycling 3-D printed parts
As part of the sustainability project, the Division of Applied Mechanics at Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University has investigated ways to recycle 3-D printed parts and make the use of 3-D printers more nature-friendly.
ECOMAPPING (TM) – an easy method to make your lab work more sustainable
When I was asked to give a short presentation at the Winter Meeting in December 2021, I was very delighted to have the opportunity to talk about the ECOMAPPINGTM-method. This method provides an easy way to implement sustainable measures in every lab. If you missed the presentation, here’s a short summary of this method. Having…
February Network Update
Dear network,it has been a few months since out last network meeting but that doesn’t mean things have been idle! In addition to the great presentations at the Winter meeting, we have received project summaries from our grant awardees that we highly recommend you check out on our website. Where you can also find our…
A vacuum gas recycling system to save consumption of noble gases for femtosecond High harmonic Generation at the HELIOS lab
High harmonic generation works through focusing our ultrafast laser into a cell that is held under vacuum and filled with a gas. Typically we, like many other groups around the world, use a noble gas for that because with that we get the highly intense x-ray pulses we need for our experiments. The intense laser…
Towards more sustainable labs and practices
Efforts by the Physical Chemistry department at Uppsala University In the Physical Chemistry department, a lot of us are working on topics that we hope someday will make the world a little more sustainable – ranging from solar fuels, solar cells, to other processes that are light induced. Therefore, some of us really think we…
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