Purdue's Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability Departments Partner to Introduce New Green Labs Initiative
August 20, 2024
August 20, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Aug. 20 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
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 of chemical, physical and hazardous waste. To promote sustainable practices within labs and grow the sustainability culture across campus, the university's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) . . .
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 of chemical, physical and hazardous waste. To promote sustainable practices within labs and grow the sustainability culture across campus, the university's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) . . .