Sustainability

Investigators have saved nearly $100,000 by acquiring unneeded equipment and supplies from fellow UAB labs through this site instead of buying new. Hear from researchers who have benefited and learn how to get started today.

More than 200 UAB labs participate in the voluntary program, which is a partnership between UAB Sustainability and UAB Environmental Health and Safety. In 2024 alone, energy reductions and resource savings reached nearly $500,000.

UAB is committed to the responsible, long-term care of the trees on its campus and is proud to maintain its designations as a Tree Campus USA for the 11th year and Tree Campus Healthcare for a sixth year.

Analysis by UAB Sustainability found that 33 research labs participating in UAB’s Green Labs Program saved an estimated $150,000 in energy costs in 2024.

Do you want to conserve resources, reduce costs and create a healthier, more sustainable workplace? Consider these five opportunities for action from UAB Sustainability Officer Bambi Ingram.

As UAB inventories existing buildings, it often razes aging and energy-inefficient structures. Demolition of Denman Hall is going on now. Curious about the demolition process and what it might mean for you? Here’s what to expect.

A partnership among UAB Sustainability, UAB Energy Management and the Collat School of Business allowed the school to save 40 percent on its monthly utility bills in July 2024 and unlock ongoing reductions in energy use.

Through a UAB-wide membership in Practice Greenhealth, employees interested in making sustainable changes in their units can access seminars, white papers and data about projects that have been successful at more than 1,500 member hospitals and health systems. Find out how to access this information online.

The Green Labs and Rheaply programs at UAB have earned a Department of Energy Better Practice Awards honor — one of only two universities to receive the award. Another recognition brings pro bono consulting on electrification of Blazer Express.

Researchers across campus partnered with UAB Sustainability to save nearly 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and earn highest honors in the International Laboratory Freezer Challenge for the third year in a row. Find out how they did it.

For the eighth year, UAB is recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation for its work to nurture more than 4,400 healthy trees and engage students and employees in conservation. UAB also was honored for the fourth time with a Tree Campus Healthcare designation, which recognizes health institutions that make a mission-aligned impact on community wellness through tree education, investment and community engagement.

UAB’s Green Labs program has grown 700% in six years and now has more than 150 participating labs. New this year: sterilizer streamlining, freezer loans, Styrofoam baling and a vast cache of glass.

Scientists participating in the UAB Green Labs program explain why they take part, the biggest changes they made and how it has affected their labs.

Come next summer, migrating monarch butterflies will flutter onto campus, to a new meadow that will provide nutrition and protection for the insect fighting to survive its annual migration period.

When the wrong items are discarded in recycling bins, the whole lot could get sent to the landfill. Let’s work together to make sure that doesn’t happen.