Last December, we told you about the North American Laboratory Freezer Challenge, a collaboration of the I2SL and My Green Lab that promotes sample integrity, accessibility, reduced costs, and energy efficiency. As one of the Presenting Sponsors of the Freezer Challenge, we would like to congratulate the winners of this friendly competition that were recently announced.
The Freezer Challenge organizational winners were:
- University of California San Diego,
- Lilly
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The individual laboratory winners were:
- The Hoekstra Lab from Harvard University
- The Baker Lab from Lilly
- The Jones Lab from the CDC
Even more significant than the winners named above, Freezer Challenge participants collectively saved approximately 2.7-million kWh/year (equivalent to ≈1,900 metric tons of carbon emissions) and discarded over 200,000 samples.
We’re thrilled to have been a part of the Freezer Challenge program because it shares our core values, as exemplified by our 100% sustainable product line and Zero Waste facility. We’re also looking forward to presenting the awards to these winners at the 2017 I2SL Annual Conference on October 16 in Boston, MA.
For more information on the winners, please read the announcement from the Freezer Challenge website and the recent article on Nature.com.”
