Green Lab Certification
The Duke Green Lab Certification Program is intended to educate research and teaching lab personnel about sustainable laboratory practices and to recognize those that put the practices into action....
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LED Grow Lights
Amy Eddings takes light intensity readings of LED array The U.S. Congress has mandated energy efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent lamps. The Department of Energy has ordered the...
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Styrofoam Recycling
Styrofoam recycling bin in French Family Science Center Labs in the French Family Science Center and the Biological Sciences Building are recycling #6 EPS (expanded polystyrene or Styrofoam) shipping...
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Associate Professor Paul Magwene’s lab, located in the French Family Science Building is the first lab at Duke University to achieve Green Lab Certification and they did it in fine style. Paul and...
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Stirling Freezer Project
Green Labs at Duke is working with the Dean of Arts and Sciences to encourage the purchase of Stirling Ultracold Freezers for A&S labs. A Green Labs/FMD study has shown Stirling freezers to...
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Phytotron Growth Chambers Cycloptics™ Lighting Retrofit
Growth Chamber – Cycloptics Eight reach-in type growth chambers in the Phytotron had been operating since the 1980’s with luminaires consisting of (8) 400W metal halide lamps and (6) 60W incandescent...
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