Cold Storage in Laboratories: Actions to Cut Costs, Free Space, and Reduce Energy Consumption

16th May 2014 11:05

The first session of this free afternoon workshop has presentations based on two shortlisted entries (from Edinburgh and King's) for the 2014 S-Lab Awards. It examines ways of minimising the energy consumption associated with freezers and other cold storage within laboratories. These include:

• Reducing requirements by ensuring that only wanted samples are actually stored, and doing this in space efficient ways.
• Storing materials at the lowest temperature that meets preservation requirements.
• Maintaining cold storage devices so that they operate efficiently and
• Purchasing energy efficient models wither for new applications or to replace older versions (with under five year's payback).

These measures can also create science benefits by minimising problems of degradation (e.g. defrosting as a result of leaky doors or frequent unpacking to locate samples) or allowing samples to be easily tracked to ensure compliance with regulations such as the Human Tissue Act.

The second session profiles an innovative freezer technology that has been shortlisted for the 2014 S-Lab Awards New Product category.

A short laboratory tour may be possible after the event ends.

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