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Laboratory Sustainability Champions: Embedding sustainability into scientific research

1,963 views · Published 15 December 2016 · 4:16 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: King's College London · 2016 · Education

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Laboratories can consume anywhere between 3 to 10 times more energy and resources than typical academic spaces such as lecture theatres.
As such, there is an important need to engage and work with the research community at King's to introduce sustainable and efficient practices throughout our labs. 
Our goal is to reduce waste in scientific research as this helps lower King's energy, carbon and waste footprints overall but also ensures that important resources are used efficiently for research in the service of society.
Sustainability Champions are key to embedding a culture of sustainability into the laboratories. Champions will do things like put stickers on laboratory kit to remind researchers to switch things after use, encourage Christmas and holiday shut-downs, explore the possibility of consolidating purchasing of consumables, make sure autoclaves are only used when full, ensure clear signage is put on waste streams, encourage researchers to recycle in the lab and make sure that energy costs are factored into procurement decisions. 
This video describes the motivations and experiences of some of the existing Laboratory Sustainability Champions at King's.
See also: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/sustainability/

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