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IBEC’s seven research groups have undergone the My Green Lab Certification process granted by the My Green Lab organization, all awarded with the highest levels of certification. On April 2025, … Read more

Climate change and pollution are already affecting the health and well-being of millions of people. Bioengineeringis a powerful tool to study, prevent and mitigate those negative effects. As part of … Read more

Nowadays, many workplaces have promoted mobility policies to reduce the number of staff commuting to work using single-occupant vehicles, for instance, carpooling. Furthermore, the use of public transport and other … Read more

Sometimes, purchases are not properly planned and there may be several orders to the same supplier on the same day, which means several transports (and therefore more transport charges and … Read more

Most laboratory spaces use large quantities of water primarily to achieve their larger air conditioning systems loads. Nevertheless, a laboratory’s water efficiency can also be improved by making few changes … Read more

Life sciences researchers produce huge amounts of hazardous waste and plastic waste annually and IBEC wants to empower researchers to reduce the environmental impact due to this waste production in … Read more

By changing slightly some daily habits, we can contribute to reduce the consumption of energy at our labs, thus help to protect the environment. There is a series of good … Read more

The IBEC Sustainability Committee was created at the end of 2020, with the support of the Direction of IBEC. IBEC Sustainabilty Committee is composed by members of the different profiles … Read more

The members of the committee have been working on the collection, analysis and suggestion of actions which aim to make our Institute more sustainable. These are collected in IBEC Strategy … Read more