Sustainable Lab Summit
Join the movement to advance research while protecting our planet!
Thank you to everyone that attended U-M’s inaugural Sustainable Lab Summit!
Sustainability in research is an area of rising importance — labs use 5-10x more energy than office spaces and produce significant amounts of plastic and hazardous waste.
This summit aimed to bring researchers together to learn best practices, discuss potential solutions, and inspire innovation in each other.
Get involved with lab sustainability:
- Join a sustainable lab working group
- Lab Waste Working Group
- Energy Reduction Working Group
- Water Savings Working Group
- Scope 3 Emissions Working Group (travel, commuting, purchased goods, etc)
- Join the Freezer Challenge
- Complete the Sustainable Lab Certification
Check back soon for a flyer with highlights from the event
Agenda
You can view the full schedule of the event and reach out to [email protected] if you are interested in getting access to the presentation slides
Lab Summit Tabling Sessions
Thank you to all of the groups who came out to table!
Sponsors
Thank you to all of the event sponsors who helped make this summit a reality!
- Office of Campus Sustainability
- Rackham Graduate School
- LSA Sustainability
- U-M Medical School
- Life Sciences Institute
- Office of the Vice President for Research
- School for Environment and Sustainability
- Planet Blue Ambassador Program
Lab Swap Event
The Summit concluded with a lab swap event that rehomed 450 pounds of lab equipment and saved researchers $13,220 compared to buy new.
Interested in getting more free lab supplies? Check out our Lab Reuse Program with a delivery and in person inventory!
