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DUWC Laboratory Receives Duke Green Lab Certification |
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The DUWC Laboratory has been certified
as a Duke Green Lab at the Silver level.
Lab Manager Belen de la Barrera has been working to improve the
Wetland Center’s green research practices and train students in
sustainability. The Duke University Wetland Center
Laboratory has been certified as a Duke Green Lab.
The Green Lab program, run by the University's
Office of Sustainability, recognizes campus labs that successfully manage
their environmental impacts. Labs use five times as much energy as an
office or classroom space. In addition, labs utilize hazardous chemicals and
large volumes of consumable supplies. Duke's
green lab certification process provides research and instructional staff
with specific goals for energy and water conservation, carbon offsets,
chemical storage, and recycling. There are three
certification levels—Bronze, Silver and Gold—that depend on how many
prerequisite procedures labs successfully follow. “The Wetland Center has
been working to meet these green practices and training our students in
sustainability principles,” said DUWC Lab Manager Belen de la Barrera. “The
certification is renewed every year. This year we have achieved the Silver
status, and we will continue to implement and improve our practices.”
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