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Making a lab more sustainable can sound like a big undertaking. It doesn’t have to be.
Here are answers to some of the questions we hear most often — including where to begin, what it costs, and how to make meaningful changes without disrupting the work your lab is there to do.
We help labs find practical ways to reduce waste, energy use, unnecessary purchasing, and other avoidable costs — without compromising safety, research, or day-to-day operations.
That can mean identifying opportunities across an entire lab, solving one specific problem, training your team, or helping you put a larger sustainability effort into motion.
The goal isn’t to change everything. It’s to find the changes that make sense for your lab.
Wherever you are now.
Some labs already know what they want to tackle. Others know they could be doing better but aren’t sure where the biggest opportunities are.
LabRenew can help you look at what’s happening in your lab, identify realistic places to begin, and prioritize the changes most likely to make a difference.
You don’t need a sustainability plan before you call us. Figuring out what makes sense can be the first step.
Not at all. You don’t need a formal sustainability plan before contacting us.
We’ll help you understand where your lab is today, what opportunities are already within reach, and which next step makes the most sense.
Starting small and building from what you learn is often the most practical approach.
It shouldn’t.
LabRenew is designed to work around the realities of a functioning lab. We do the digging, help identify the opportunities, and make recommendations your team can actually use.
Your people bring the knowledge of how your lab works. We bring the sustainability expertise and an outside set of eyes.
The idea is to make improvement easier — not create another project everyone has to manage.
Very often, yes.
Labs use significant amounts of energy, materials, equipment, and disposable supplies. Small inefficiencies repeated every day can become surprisingly expensive.
Reducing those inefficiencies can lower operating costs while also reducing environmental impact.
Not every sustainability improvement is about immediate savings, though. We’ll help you understand where the financial opportunities are, where the environmental benefits are, and where you may be able to achieve both.
No.
There are meaningful improvements at many different investment levels — including changes that cost very little to implement.
That’s one reason LabRenew offers several ways to work together. You can start with a focused project, an educational workshop, an internal audit, or a larger sustainability initiative depending on what your lab needs and what you’re ready to invest.
You don’t have to do everything to start doing something worthwhile.
No. Those come first.
A sustainability recommendation only works if it works in the real environment of your lab. Safety requirements, regulatory obligations, research integrity, workflows, and the needs of the people doing the work all matter.
We’re looking for unnecessary waste and inefficiency — not shortcuts.
LabRenew can help labs at different sizes and stages, from smaller and early-stage labs looking to build good practices from the beginning to established organizations looking for opportunities within existing operations.
You also don’t need a dedicated sustainability team.
If you have one, we can support and extend its work. If you don’t, we can help provide the expertise and structure you’re missing.
You don’t have to know the solution before you start.
If you already know what you want to improve, tell us about it.
If you don’t, that’s okay too.
We can help you figure out where the best opportunities may be — and what a realistic next step looks like for your lab.