Biology lab achieves My Green Lab Platinum Certification
In January 2024, TU Dublin's School of Food Science & Environmental Health, achieved a Platinum My Green Lab Certification for their Biology Lab in Grangegorman. Platinum Certification is the second highest ranking accreditation on the programme. After a thorough assessment of laboratory equipment, practices, and products, the Biology lab achieved a certification assessment score of 79%, a 103% improvement from a baseline assessment score of 39%.
My Green Lab Membership
TU Dublin is an active member of the My Green Lab programme. With levels awarded ranging from Silver to Green, eight My Green Lab certifications have been achieved across the four Schools of the Faculty of Sciences & Health, incorporating 26 undergraduate lab spaces in total, and two have been awarded to Research Hubs. These awards recognise the achievements made in reducing the environmental impact of laboratory space and for successfully completing the My Green Lab Certification Programme.
My Green Lab Programme
Recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign as a key measure of progress towards a zero-carbon future, The Green Lab Certification programme is considered the international gold standard for laboratory sustainability best practices around the world. My Green Lab Certification is a proven, scalable programme that helps organisations achieve sustainability goals. It offers tried-and-true methods rooted in science to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of laboratories without disrupting the critical work underway.
If you want more information or to get involved with the working group, please contact greencampus@tudublin.ie.
Shared Impact
Achieving My Green Lab certification supports TU Dublin's Strategic Intent to 2030 objective to 'be recognised for our commitment to real action on sustainability, reducing our carbon footprint and meeting global sustainability standards' under the pillar of:
- Planet (a powerhouse for living & breathing sustainability),
The My Green Labs working group is working to make impactful improvements to decrease the environmental footprint of laboratory-based work (undergraduate and research) at TU Dublin. This initiative supports and compliments many of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, and SDG 13: Climate Action.
