Certified McGill GREEN Lab #MyGreenLabCertification
Bui Lab has been slowly "going green" since 2020. With the help of multiple undergrad students, graduate students and research staff, we have become a leading example at McGill! Scroll down to see what environmentally conscious actions our lab has adopted
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International MyGreenLab Freezer Challenge
Participating in this freezer challenge means that we....
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Always conduct preventative maintenance and upkeep on all our cold storage units (clean coils, filters and drip pans)
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Annually have a "Lab clean up day" where students throw all old samples, notes, reagents ... etc
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Fully defrost and decontaminate all fridges and low temp freezers
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De-ice our ULT freezer monthly to avoid accumulation ​
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Bonus: to help with inventory upkeep ANY student/staff that leaves the lab is required to throw all irrelevant samples and to pass on any relevant samples to their supervisor!
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Sustainable Project Fund
Glass Alternatives
As part of SP0265, the Sustainable Project Fund (SPF) has granted Bui Lab 5000$ in "green lab alternative items" which we have used in the lab to purchase:
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Glass Serological Pipettes
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Glass Petri Dishes
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Sustainable Office Supplies (markers, pens)
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Dry Erase Boards for lab & office Desks
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Composting Supplies (for the student kitchen)
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And other green ideas!
The Bui Lab tallies are in!
From June 2021 to June 2022 we have saved 1100$ for the lab while also keeping 2129 plastic items out of our lab waste.
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For more information on SP0265 please see the website below: https://www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/sp0265-green-labs-expansion
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Sustainable Project Fund
Green Lab Certification
As part of SP20688 applied for by Bui Lab, the Sustainable Project Fund (SPF) has included Bui Lab as one of only 6 pilot labs. All pilot labs will be certified using the world-renowned MyGreenLab - Green Lab Certification Program!
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After the baseline assessment survey; Bui Lab has achieved 70% which is equal to a Platinum rating!
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After months of hard work, Bui Lab has been officially certified at the highest level!
We are so proud to share that our lab at @McGillUniversity was awarded the highest level of certification (Green) by @My_Green_Lab! We have achieved an amazing score of 89%. Thanks to our PI Khanh Huy Bui for his support and leadership!
The #GreenLabCertification program is considered the international gold standard in lab sustainability best practices: bit.ly/greenlabcert
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For more information on SP20688 please see the website below:
https://www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/sp0288-green-labs-certification
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For more information on the MyGreenLab - Green Lab Certification Program please see their website:
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Single-Use Plastic Reuse & Reduction!
As part of the 5 R strategy, proactive actions are key!
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Bui Lab has rethought its experimental needs & has thus chosen to reuse all its biohazardous conical tubes multiple times (5 to 7) before disposing of them into the biohazard bins.
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This in turn has reduced the amount of single use plastic we use AND saved the lab money!
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GLI@SAD Outreach Projects
As part of the "Green Lab Initiative" community at McGill (GLI@McGill), Bui Lab wants to do its part to help this network grow & thrive!
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To help we have taken part in and advertised many SPF funds (Sustainability Soiree 2022), we are an active member of the GLI@McGill administrative network (Melissa V.P. is the 2022 GLI@McGill Chiar & Project Manager), and we have started our own GLI group for our building (GLI@SAD).
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We hope to grow our small GLI@SAD group during the next Sep 2022 departmental meeting where Bui Lab will be presenting topics such as:
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taking part in SP0265 & showing other labs how to switch from plastic to glass (hopefully recruiting 5 more labs so we can all benefit from additional funding)
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launching the concept of an SAD building
swap/share room (a reduce/reuse system
promoted by many other universities
like Harvard)
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Educational Material
In Support of the GLI@McGill community, Bui Lab has created many educational tools for all to use!
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These tools have since been circulated across all McGill and used as a new "Green Lab" standard until the McGill Sustainable Labs Working Group becomes active again.
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To access all related Green Lab documents including the pamphlets mde by Bui Lab, please follow this link below:
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vjtLeAdjLrqia7sPTzSIBs9ZM3LvVA_Q?usp=sharing
