Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A research consortium requires every participating lab to hold at least Bronze-level green lab certification at proposal stage.
- Is an instance
An institutional sustainability office publishes a public map of all certified labs on campus.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A personal pledge by a researcher to recycle pipette tip boxes is not certification.
- Not an instance
A green-building plaque on the laboratory building covers infrastructure, not lab operations.
Editorial commentary
Green lab certification is the umbrella concept covering schemes that audit a single laboratory unit (rather than an institution or building) against sustainability criteria. Certification typically expires after one or two years and must be renewed, encouraging continuous improvement. Increasingly, funders and corporate research customers ask grant applicants or contract research organisations to declare current certification status as part of due diligence. Certification badges are also used as a recruitment and engagement tool by principal investigators.
References
- University College London LEAF programme; My Green Lab Certification.
Also known as
Green lab accreditation · Sustainable lab certification
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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