Our second Climate and Sustainability Assembly will focus on the transformation of our laboratory spaces to be greener, cleaner and more efficient.
Labs are essential for supporting excellent, high-quality scientific research and teaching, but are highly intensive in using energy and resources like plastics. The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) identifies that labs are responsible for approximately 2% of global plastic waste and use 3-10 times more energy than a typical office.
As we progress towards achieving our Aberdeen 2040 mission of Net Zero by 2040, it is important that we address energy, waste and material use in our laboratories while maintaining excellent research and teaching practices.
This assembly provides a forum for discussion, sharing ideas and developing University wide practices for improving sustainability in our lab infrastructure.
Colleagues from all disciplines that undertake lab work are welcomed.
Speakers
Lee Hibbett, University of Nottingham
Technicians, driving sustainability work
Biography
I’m a Technical Manager within the School of Pharmacy and I’ve just completed a 6-month secondment with the University of Nottingham sustainability team looking at making our lab areas greener and trying to get as many as possible LEAF accredited.
I have been a technician working at the UoN for over 32 years working in many different types of research labs. In that time sustainability has not really been on the University of Nottingham radar, so I’m happy to see that in the last few years there has been a big drive in this field.
I have always been passionate about sustainability and 3 years ago, I set up the Technical Sustainability Working Group to work with UoN sustainability, to bridge the gap between labs and estates. The working group consists of likeminded technicians across all fields and departments coming together, to find and look for new ways to improve and change sustainable practices in the areas they work and through this work I received the 2022 Green gown award for sustainable (staff) campion.
Maggy Fositer, Head of Environmental Sustainability in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
More information will be announced soon.
- Venue
- Institute of Medical Sciences - level 7
- Contact
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events@abdn.ac.uk
- Booking
- Online booking available