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Labs account for nearly 50% of energy use at Harvard but take up only 23% of the space.
LEED Rating System: LEED-CI
LEED Rating: GOLD
Date Completed: January, 2012
The Gordon McKay Laboratory of Applied Science (McKay) building, occupied and operated by the School of Engineering of Applied Science (SEAS), is a seven-story glass, steel and concrete...
LEED Rating System: LEED-CI
LEED Rating: SILVER
Date Completed: December, 2009
The Kramer Lab is an approximately 4,000 square foot biochemistry lab located on the first floor of the Harvard Biological Laboratory Building at 16 Divinity Avenue in Cambridge, MA....
- Avoid purchasing a new freezer if possible. Can you clean out space in your existing unit to accommodate new samples, or share freezer space with a neighboring lab? This is a great way to save your lab money, and minimize your environmental impact.
- If you need to buy a new ...
LEED Rating System: LEED-CI
LEED Rating: GOLD
Date Completed: September, 2011
Engert Lab is a 3,373 square foot laboratory located on the 2nd floor of the Harvard’s Biological Laboratories (BioLabs) Building. As part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS),...
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September 21, 2017
New England is in danger of squandering its conservation “second chance,” according to the authors of a new Harvard Forest report. The region, heavily deforested in colonial days, is... -
September 15, 2017
Climate change knows no borders. As temperatures and seas rise, ecosystems change, and extreme weather patterns affect communities around the globe, insights that help identify solutions to these... -
September 6, 2017
Harvard's labs rise to North American Freezer Challenge. -
September 5, 2017
“I didn’t always enjoy it,” author Lynda Mapes says of her year doing “the nothing that is everything” at Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass. Mapes devoted her Charles...
