Green Labs Articles

An article written by the Green Labs team congratulating the Bristol Medical School Bioresource Labs on their win in the 2022 Freezer Challenge, plus information about the challenge and how to get involved.

A Labconcious feature on how, with the help of our fantastic technical staff from across the institution, we became the first in the world to achieve institutional Green Labs certification.

Find out how our fantastic technical staff were key to coordinating LEAF within our Schools and helped us to become the first university in the world to achieve 100% Green Lab Certification.

We have become the first university in the world to achieve institution-wide Green Labs certification. Each of our 900 STEM labs has gained LEAF certification to help them run more sustainably and save large amounts of energy, water, consumables and funding.

A feature from our Sustainable Science Manager Anna Lewis discussing the importance of making sure sustainability-focused behaviours filter through to our work lives. This is particularly important in a resource-intensive sector such as STEM research, where the high environmental impacts must be recognised and minimised.

An introduction to LEAF, the Green Labs certification that we have chosen to use to reduce the impact of our STEM facilities. Led by UCL and chosen by 16 institutions, LEAF is a lab sustainability certification tool designed to help labs reduce their impact and save resources and funding.

Find out how the collaboration between the Faculty of Life Sciences and lab equipment reuse program, UniGreenScheme, prevented 10 tonnes of waste, 25 tonnes of CO2 emissions, and generated over £22,000 in financial benefit.

An introduction to LEAF and reasons to choose it as your Green Labs certification tool, by the Sustainability Exchange.

Green labs team member Clara Brigatta collaborates with Labconcious on this article about the Pipette Repair Shop, started by technical staff in the University of Bristol, and how it promotes a circular economy in the lab.

Read Labconcious' article about our micropipette repair program started by technical staff in the Biomedical Sciences Building, and find out how to start your own.