{"id":37613,"date":"2025-07-01T12:52:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/?page_id=37613"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:40:52","slug":"freezer-challenge-2023-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/programs\/freezer-challenge\/past-winners\/freezer-challenge-2023-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezer Challenge 2023 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n\n \n

The 2023 Challenge engaged nearly 2,000 labs and saved over 20 million kWh\u2014highlighting the real-world climate impact of lab sustainability practices.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n \n\n <\/sc-section-header>\n \n \t \"Energy<\/picture>\n \n Energy savings, carbon reduction, and global participation in the 2023 Freezer Challenge\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n <\/sc-image>\n<\/sc-container>\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n

This year\u2019s challenge demonstrated how simple lab actions can scale to massive environmental savings. Here\u2019s what our global community accomplished together.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n \n\n <\/sc-section-header>\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n

Total energy saved across all participating labs.<\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n <\/sc-card> \n \n\n \n

Greenhouse gas emissions avoided.<\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n <\/sc-card> \n \n\n \n

Participated globally across all sectors.<\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n <\/sc-card> \n \n\n \n

Organizations represented in the 2023 Challenge.<\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n <\/sc-card> \n \n\n \n

Participating cold storage units.<\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n <\/sc-card> \n \n\n \n

Equivalent driving distance offset by energy savings.<\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n <\/sc-card>\n <\/sc-grid>\n\n \n <\/sc-container>\n<\/sc-container>\n\n\n\n \n \n

Award categories for the Freezer Challenge<\/b><\/h2>\n

While every participating lab is a winner for helping save an incredible amount of energy, <\/span>we are proud to honor the below labs for their significant contribution to the Freezer Challenge.<\/p>\n

kwh\/day savings is not the only determinant of whether a lab or organization receives a top award or honorable mention. Many actions in the Freezer Challenge do not equate to energy savings – normalized points is the first factor looked at, then kwh\/day saved.<\/p>\n

Note: <\/b>Winning Streak Awards are<\/span><\/i> given to previous year’s winners that exceeded their energy savings from last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Biotech\/pharmaceutical sector winners\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  • Top Organization Award: <\/b>AstraZeneca, 5299 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Winning Streak Award: <\/b>Amgen, 5088 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Large Lab Award\u200b: <\/b>Genetic Toxicology – Cell Health Assessment of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson in Belgium, 99 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Medium Lab Award: <\/b>Bioprocess Development (BD) Pre-Pivotal Drug Substance Technology (DST) of Amgen in the United States of America, 277 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Small Lab Award:<\/b> Biobank Gothenburg of AstraZeneca in Sweden, 523 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Biorepository Award: <\/b>Labcorp Biorepository – Labcorp Central Laboratory Services – 1411 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Academic sector winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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    • Top Organization Award: <\/b>University of Alabama Birmingham in the United States of America, 2647 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Winning Streak Award: <\/b>University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the United States of America, 1314 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Lab Winning Streak Award: <\/b>The Indiana CTSI Specimen Storage Facility at the Indiana University School of Medicine, 403 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Large Lab Award\u200b: <\/b>GI Onc at Johns Hopkins University, 119 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Medium Lab Award: <\/b>Illinois Natural History Survey-Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory, 72 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Small Lab Award: <\/b>Kerppola Lab of University of Michigan in the United States of America, 52 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Biorepository Award: <\/b>Vet Anatomy Dissection Lab of University College Dublin in Ireland, 43 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Government sector winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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      • Top Organization Award:\u200b <\/b>National Institutes of Health in the United States of America, 2009 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Large Lab Award\u200b: <\/b>CFIA Greater Toronto Area Lab of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Canada, 24 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Medium Lab Award: <\/b>Biochemistry Laboratory of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the United Kingdom, 38 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Small Lab Award: <\/b>Biotoxin Chemistry Lab of Marine Institute Ireland in Ireland, 67 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Biorepository Award: <\/b>Molecular Biology of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the United Kingdom, 48 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Hospital\/clinical\/other winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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        • Top Organization Award: <\/b>Amsterdam UMC, 2587 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Winning Streak Award: <\/b>Boston Children’s Hospital, 736 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Large Lab Award\u200b: <\/b>Southwest Pathology Services of SYNLAB Group in the United Kingdom, 47 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Medium Lab Award:<\/b> Lab of Experimental Immunology – Klein Lab of University Hospital Cologne in Germany, 82 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Small Lab Award: <\/b>Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in the USA, 61 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Biorepository Award: <\/b>Amsterdam UMC Biobank, 1782 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Honorable mentions (organizations)<\/b><\/h3>\n
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          • Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom – 1072 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Johns Hopkins University, United States of America – 1202 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Genentech – 3273 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson – 1641 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Q Squared Solutions (IQVIA) – 1835 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States of America – 1409 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom – 210 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            \u200b<\/span>Honorable mentions (labs)<\/b><\/h3>\n
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            • Cihakova Lab – Johns Hopkins University – 68 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Quinn\/Tobian Lab – Johns Hopkins University – 228 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Edberg Lab – University of Alabama Birmingham – 84 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Ray Ming Lab – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign – 128 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Clinical Research Specimen Processing (CRSP) Core, University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center, USA – 94 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • TS&BA Pathology Lab – Amgen – 36 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Cardiometabolic Disorders (ASF) – Amgen – 309 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Lab Services in Slough UK – Avantor\/UCB – 665 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • AD Bioassay Cambridge – Biogen – 238 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • DTMP-LECP Team in Belgium – Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson – 345 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • S&T Labs – Nestl\u00e9 – 51 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Maple Leaf Foods, Technical Services, Central Laboratory – 55 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Integrated Diagnostics – LifeArc – 37 kWh\/day saved\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Biopathology Center at Nationwide Children’s Abigail Wexner Research Institute – 420 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Mark Andermann Lab – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – 16 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Pathology-Biobanking-Research – Amsterdam UMC – 112 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Experimental Vascular Medicine Lab of Amsterdam UMC – 241 kWh\/day saved<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Congratulations once again to all the winner’s of this year’s competition, and to the thousands of labs and scientists that participated this year.<\/b><\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n <\/sc-container>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n

              Join the Freezer Challenge<\/h2>\n <\/sc-rich-text>\n\n \n Want to be next year\u2019s winner?\n <\/sc-rich-text> \n

              Register your lab and start reducing your energy impact while earning recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/sc-rich-text> \n Get Started\n <\/sc-button> <\/sc-cta-inline>\n\n<\/sc-container>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2590,"featured_media":0,"parent":37609,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Freezer Challenge 2023 Winners","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover the top-performing labs and organizations honored in the 2023 Freezer Challenge for their leadership in sustainable cold storage practices.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37613"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58124,"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37613\/revisions\/58124"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}