{"id":37618,"date":"2025-07-01T13:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/?page_id=37618"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:35:00","slug":"freezer-challenge-2024-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mygreenlab.org\/de\/programs\/freezer-challenge\/past-winners\/freezer-challenge-2024-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezer Challenge 2024 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n\n \n

The 2024 Challenge engaged over 3,000 labs and saved over 30 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 2024 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 2024 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 gas-powered cars driven for one year with 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.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Biotech\/pharmaceutical sector winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  • Top Organization Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Amgen\u00a0\u2013\u00a07,671 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Winning Streak Award:\u00a0<\/strong>AstraZeneca\u00a0\u2013\u00a07,962\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Large Lab Award\u200b:\u00a0<\/strong>Boston Research \u2013 Biology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals\u00a0(United States)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0438\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Medium Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Sample Management Harrogate, Labcorp\u00a0(United Kingdom)<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0281 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Small Lab Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Gothenburg Regional HBS Centre,\u00a0AstraZeneca\u00a0(Sweden)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0165 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Biorepository Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Specimen Library, Bristol Myers Squibb\u00a0(United States) \u2013\u00a0<\/em>307.15 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • Biorepository Winning Streak Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Labcorp Biorepository, Labcorp Central Laboratory Services\u00a0(United States)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a03,869\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                Academic sector winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                • Top Organization Award:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 1,339 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • Lab Winning Streak Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee GI Oncology Lab School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 154\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n
                  • Large Lab Award\u200b:\u00a0<\/strong>Lab + in the School of Life Sciences, Coventry University\u00a0(United Kingdom)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 59 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • Medium Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Histocompatibility Laboratory, University of Michigan\u00a0(United States)\u00a0<\/em>\u201380\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • Small Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Yau Lab, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine\u00a0(United States)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0114 kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        • Biorepository Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Cell Culture Facility (ICV-3C), The Paris Brain Institute\u00a0(France)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 73\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                          Government sector winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                          • Top Organization Award:\u200b\u00a0<\/strong>Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute\u00a0(Panama)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0159\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                            • Winning Streak Award:<\/strong>\u00a0National Institutes of Health\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 3,074\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                              • Large Lab Award\u200b:\u00a0<\/strong>Drug Safety Testing Center, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation\u00a0(Hong Kong)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a041\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                • Medium Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Central Laboratory, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a044\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                  • Small Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Trink und Abwasserlabor, Hamburg Water\u00a0(Germany)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a025\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                    • Biorepository Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Center for Cancer Research, Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0442\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                      • Top Organization Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Boston Children’s Hospital\u00a0(United States)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0843\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                        • Large Lab Award\u200b:\u00a0<\/strong>Laboratory Medicine Group, University Hospital Padova\u00a0(Italy)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0131\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                          • Medium Lab Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Genetica Medica, Synlab Italia\u00a0(Italy)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a051\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                            • Small Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Scientific Research and Innovation Services Laboratory, Synnovis\u00a0(United Kingdom)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a079\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                              • Biorepository Award:\u00a0<\/strong>IQVIA Biorepository, Q2 Solutions\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0845\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                                Hospital\/clinical\/other winners<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                                                • Top Organization Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Boston Children’s Hospital\u00a0(United States)\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0843\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                                  • Large Lab Award\u200b:\u00a0<\/strong>Laboratory Medicine Group, University Hospital Padova\u00a0(Italy)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0131\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                                    • Medium Lab Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Genetica Medica, Synlab Italia\u00a0(Italy)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a051\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                                      • Small Lab Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Scientific Research and Innovation Services Laboratory, Synnovis\u00a0(United Kingdom)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a079\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                                        • Biorepository Award:\u00a0<\/strong>IQVIA Biorepository, Q2 Solutions\u00a0(United States)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0845\u00a0kWh\/day saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                                          Honorable mentions (organizations)<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                                                          • University of Michigan<\/li>\n
                                                          • Leiden University Medical Center<\/li>\n
                                                          • SYNLAB Group<\/li>\n
                                                          • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada<\/li>\n
                                                          • The University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/li>\n
                                                          • Sanofi<\/li>\n
                                                          • Labcorp<\/li>\n
                                                          • Evotec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                                            \u200b<\/span>Honorable mentions (labs)<\/b><\/h3>\n
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                                                            • Johnson & Johnson, Oncology Spring House<\/li>\n
                                                            • Charit\u00e9 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, Hepa-Gastro<\/li>\n
                                                            • Evotec, Hamburg, Sample Management Lab<\/li>\n
                                                            • IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances) Madison Process R&D Lab<\/li>\n
                                                            • Labcorp, Mechelen Biorepository<\/li>\n
                                                            • Precision for Medicine, NHLBI<\/li>\n
                                                            • University of British Columbia, UBC BioBank<\/li>\n
                                                            • AstraZeneca South San Francisco (SSF) Biobank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                                              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

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