Laboratories are among the most resource-intensive facilities on university campuses, consuming up to 10 times more energy than similarly sized commercial buildings and generating substantial amounts ...
As a premier research institution, Northwestern operates over 600 labs. These are some of the most resource-intensive facilities on the University campuses. In fact, the average lab uses 5 to 10 times ...
Green labs programs, which engage scientists to implement actions for efficiency and sustainability in their research, originated in university environments with the first appearing around 2007.