All Sustainability courses

Green Labs has teamed up with Eppendorf to provide refresher training on cold storage best practice for you to apply to your own lab.

• What do we need from sample storage?
• How do Ultra Low Temperature (-70, -80) freezers provide appropriate conditions?
• How should you operate your freezers to best protect your samples?

Content delivered will not be promotional and staff who use other brands are equally encouraged to attend.

A similar event was run in-person in 2019. This one will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams and is not space limited, so your whole lab should sign-up and attend too!

A link to join will be sent to attendees a couple of days before the event.

CPD eligible.

Green Labs has teamed up with Eppendorf to provide training on how ultra low temperature (ULT) freezers protect your samples and what good practices you can adopt with yours.

• What do we need from sample storage?
• How do ULT freezers provide appropriate conditions?
• How should you operate your freezers to best protect your samples?

Content delivered will not be promotional and staff who use other brands are equally welcome to attend.

Spaces are limited, so attendees may be limited to one per group, subject to demand. Subsequent clinics are likely if interest is sufficient.

Refreshments will be available.

CPD eligible.

How can we reduce energy usage in laboratories?

As part of ‘Spotlight on Energy’ month in February 2019, come along for information and discussion on this topic. Areas will likely include how to prioritise your highest energy users and practical tips on improvements that can be made. A demonstration of the LEAF tool to quantify energy usage and opportunity within labs will also be presented. With representation from the University of Cambridge's Green Labs initiative and University College London.

Late morning refreshments will be provided.

Another session with the same content will also run at the Clinical School on the Addenbrooke's Site the following week. See Related Courses.

How can we reduce energy usage in laboratories?

As part of ‘Spotlight on Energy’ month in February 2019, come along for information and discussion on this topic. Areas will likely include how to prioritise your highest energy users and practical tips on improvements that can be made. A demonstration of the LEAF tool to quantify energy usage and opportunity within labs will also be presented. With representation from the University of Cambridge's Green Labs initiative and Environment & Energy team.

Late morning refreshments will be provided.

Another session with the same content will also run at 17 Mill Lane in central Cambridge the previous week. See Related Courses.

Green Labs has teamed up with Avidity Science to provide training on water use in laboratories.

• What types of water are used in labs and why?
• What are the techniques used to produce different types of lab water?
• What can you do to adopt good water-usage practices in your workspace?

Content delivered will not be promotional and staff who use other brands are equally welcome to attend.

This event will run with two sessions on different topics. These can be booked independently if you are only interested in, or are only able to attend, one of them.

• Session 1: 11:00-11:45, Laboratory water quality and purification techniques
• Refreshments: 11:45-12:15
• Session 2: 12:15-13:00, Lab water - economy and sustainability
• Q&A with Avidity Science experts: 13:00-13:15

Refreshments will be available between the two sessions. Delegates attending any of the sessions are welcome to them!

How can we reduce waste from laboratories?

As part of ‘Spotlight on Waste’ month in November 2018, come along for information and discussion on this complicated topic. With representation from the University of Cambridge's Green Labs initiative, Equipment Sharing Project and UniGreenScheme.

Late morning refreshments will be provided.

An identical session will also run on the Addenbrooke's Site on Fri 23rd November. See Related Courses.

How can we reduce waste from laboratories?

As part of ‘Spotlight on Waste’ month in November 2018, come along for information and discussion on this complicated topic. With representation from the University of Cambridge's Green Labs initiative, Equipment Sharing Project and UniGreenScheme.

Late morning refreshments will be provided.

An identical session will also run in central Cambridge on Tue 20th November. See Related Courses.

• This training session aims to give staff and students at the University who are keen to reduce their environmental impact an idea of how to measure and monitor the impact of changes they make. We’ll look at useful sources of data, review case studies of what others have done to measure their impact and communicate it to colleagues, and try out some practical exercises to work out the environmental ‘footprint’ of activities associated with energy, waste, travel and purchasing.

• Training will be provided in two parts. Attendees can book on one or both sessions. Session 1 is the workshop. Session 2 is lunch and a drop in session

This workshop is a chance for University of Cambridge Green Impact teams and EECs to come together to learn from each other and the Environment and Energy section as we take a look back at the changes in the academic year and look forward to what will happen in 2018/19.

Attendees will hear from from E&E staff as they detail what is coming down the road in the areas of energy, transport, waste and sustainable labs.

Lunch will be provided and we will finish the afternoon with a session on Behaviour Change

Each of the Cambridge Colleges has been provided with an Excel-based spreadsheet, which enables the College to develop its own Science Based Target (SBT) for carbon reduction.

The purpose of this training is to explain what data needs to be added to the tool, and how to do this, in order to generate the target.

The training will also provide a brief introduction to SBTs, and demonstrate how each College can produce their 2019/20 carbon emissions report using the tool.

The trainer is Chris Tuppen from Advancing Sustainability Limited.

The training is being delivered via Microsoft Teams.

There are 3 sessions available, these are identical sessions so please only book on ONE session

We’ve known for many years that the 'make, use, dispose’ way of life is having a big impact on our environment. Our use of single-use items not only fills up landfills, chokes our rivers and seas, but also contributes to dwindling natural resources. Recent audits of the University of Cambridge’s waste have shown how big the issue of single-use disposable waste is, but there are also many great examples of waste reduction which reinforce just how big of a change we could make if we can better understand the issue of single-use disposables, and find solutions that help to reduce, replace, reuse or recycle the most problematic items.

In these two workshops, we'll be looking in detail at the findings of the recent 'Single out Survey' (https://www.environment.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/which-single-use-disposables-do-we-use-most-and-how-can-we-reduce-them) and focusing on finding solutions which eliminate, reduce, replace or recycle those items which add the most to the University’s waste. The workshop is being run jointly by the University Sustainability Team and OurCambridge's 'Simplifying Our Processes' team.

'There are two sessions:'

• SESSION 1: Wed 24 Mar 2021 10:00-11:30 will focus on non-laboratory/non-research single use items (i.e. items associated with offices, deliveries, catering, cleaning etc).
• SESSION 2: Thu 25 Mar 2021 10:00-11:30 will focus on laboratory/research-related single use items

• Systemlink is the software programme used to record energy use in the University’s buildings.
• You can use Systemslink to monitor energy use in your building(s) and, in some buildings to identify areas for improvement.
• This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemlink is the software programme used to record energy use in the University’s buildings.
• You can use Systemslink to monitor energy use in your building(s) and, in some buildings to identify areas for improvement.
• This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemlink is the software programme used to record energy use in the University’s buildings.
• You can use Systemslink to monitor energy use in your building(s) and, in some buildings to identify areas for improvement.
• This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemlink is the software programme used to record energy use in the University’s buildings.
• You can use Systemslink to monitor energy use in your building(s) and, in some buildings to identify areas for improvement.
• This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemlink is the software programme used to record energy use in the University’s buildings.
• You can use Systemslink to monitor energy use in your building(s) and, in some buildings to identify areas for improvement.
• This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemslink is a database used to record utility use in departmental buildings, this system is not available for buildings operated by the NHS.
• Departments can use Systemslink to track energy savings.
• This training will provide an overview of the system and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemslink is a database used to record utility use in departmental buildings, this system is not available for buildings operated by the NHS.
• Departments can use Systemslink to track energy savings.
• This training will provide an overview of the system and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemslink is a database used to record utility use in departmental buildings, this system is not available for buildings operated by the NHS.
• Departments can use Systemslink to track energy savings.
• This training will provide an overview of the system and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemslink is a database used to record utility use in departmental buildings, this system is not available for buildings operated by the NHS.
• Departments can use Systemslink to track energy savings.
• This training will provide an overview of the system and an introduction on how to use it.

• Systemlink is the software programme used to record energy use in the University’s buildings.
• You can use Systemslink to monitor energy use in your building(s) and, in some buildings to identify areas for improvement.
• This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it.

This session will provide an introduction to the SLA (bill validation service) and teach you how to read and upload meter reads in SystemsLink. A brief guide to running basic energy consumption reports will also be presented.

• • • Please only book onto one session. The session at 11:00am is a repeat of the 9:30am session. ***

This session will provide an introduction to the SLA (bill validation service) and teach you how to read and upload meter reads in SystemsLink. A brief guide to running basic energy consumption reports will also be presented.

• • • Please only book onto one session. The session at 11:00am is a repeat of the 9:30am session. ***

Are you a member of staff interested in sustainability? Would you like to join a growing community helping to raise environmental awareness across the University?

Find out more about becoming a voluntary Environment and Energy Coordinator (EEC), including a role description and core activities, on the Sustainability Team's website.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, then please come along to this induction to hear more about the role and join the community. The induction will take place over MS Teams and will be your opportunity to find out about the University’s sustainability work, how you can get involved, and to meet others in your cohort of new EECs.

After this induction, you will formally become part of the EEC network at the University and have access to bespoke training opportunities and events.

Are you a member of staff interested in sustainability? Would you like to join a growing community helping to raise environmental awareness across the University?

Find out more about becoming a voluntary Environment and Energy Coordinator (EEC), including a role description and core activities, on the Sustainability Team's website.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, then please come along to this induction to hear more about the role and join the community. The induction will take place over MS Teams and will be your opportunity to find out about the University’s sustainability work, how you can get involved, and to meet others in your cohort of new EECs.

After this induction, you will formally become part of the EEC network at the University and have access to bespoke training opportunities and events.