University of Notre Dame
Recognizing the energy and cost savings that can be achieved from operating laboratories more efficiently, the sustainablility team at the University of Notre Dame developed the greeNDiscovery program, which aims to engage laboratory users in the energy-saving process and assess and reduce laboratory energy use by focusing on equipment.
Notre Dame's greeNDiscovery program, which was developed after researching programs like Labs21 and the University of California's Laboratory Research and Technical Staff (LabRATS),  will include campus-wide laboratory assessments to evaluate what energy-saving measures can be implemented. The team will meter laboratory equipment before and after the assessments occur to note the energy-saving impact the assessments, and subsequent energy-efficiency measures, had on the building's energy use.
The greeNDiscovery team also plans to develop a purchasing guide for laboratory equipment on campus. The team will use Labs21's Equipment Efficiency Wiki as a resource for this guide and will also contribute any of their findings to the wiki.
Labs21 will provide assistance to Notre Dame as they assess their laboratories' plug loads and what energy efficiency measures they can incorporate. Labs21 will provide information on the types of equipment to measure, how to measure the equipment, and how to analyze the data. Labs21 will also work with the university to develop its purchasing guide so that all future laboratory equipment is purchased with sustainability in mind.
The University of Notre Dame,founded in 1842 by Reverend Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The university is organized into four colleges—Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering, and the Mendoza College of Business—the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, six major research institutes, more than 40 centers and special programs, and the University library system. Enrollment for the 2008-2009 academic year was 11,731 students overall and 8,363 undergraduates. Learn more about the greeNDiscovery program.
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