
A new energy-saving campaign is targeting scientific researchers on campus. By one simple action — closing laboratory fume hoods — they can save an astounding amount of electricity, and contribute to UBC’s ambitious sustainability goals.

Fume hoods can use as much energy as three homes.
A new energy-saving campaign is targeting scientific researchers on campus. By one simple action — closing laboratory fume hoods — they can save an astounding amount of electricity, and contribute to UBC’s ambitious sustainability goals.
“We use it for chemicals, not for tissue culture; anything that lets off hazardous fumes, like formaldehyde or other toxic substances.”
