Team:TU Dresden/iGEM-goes-green/Resources
Resources- What we offer teams participating in iGEM goes green
The GoGreen Guide
This Guideline gives useful tips for how lab work can be more sustainable by thoughtful planning and conscious usage of resources. Furthermore, it contains suggestions for more environmental friendly conferences and meetings. The guideline also outlines how greenhouse gas emissions of a lab and for flights can be calculated and compensated for. Most of the tips are easy to implement in a daily working routine and do not require a lot of effort for scientists to adopt.
The GoGreen Lab Poster
The most important lab work related tips are summarized in a poster. It was created to hang it on the wall in your lab as a reminder to work greener.
The.iGEM.Goes.Green.GHG.Emissions.Calculator
This Excel based tool offers teams the opportunity to calculate their team´s carbon footprint that is related to the laboratory work. Consumables, heating and electricity consumptions can be entered to get a summary of the CO2 emissions of the lab. All our documents can also be found here: GitHub
