In fall 2012, the ENVIR 480 class focused on the challenging and important topic of Green Laboratories. The eleven students learned a lot about laboratories on campus, and identified both challenges and opportunities to make them more environmentally sustainable. Building off of great partnerships with staff from individual labs, the ESS Office, UW Recycling, UW Facilities, UW Purchasing, and more, the students completed projects about topics including:
- Sink Aerators
- LED Lights
- Green Purchasing
- Electricity Monitoring and Consumption, and
- Waste Diversion (the above graphic was designed by this group!)
To learn more, check out the ENVIR 480 class blog. There you will find the final class newsletter, the final presentation, a green purchasing list, and up-to-date information on the class right now (the current topic if Zero Waste)!
Also keep your eyes open for more coming soon from the ESS Office about the forthcoming Green Labs Program.