DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
START/END TIME: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CST
Cost: $350.00 for registrations received on or before October 3, 2011. Registration costs after that date increase to $395.00
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Description: Energy use associated with the long-term storage of biospecimens can be substantial. For example one -80oC mechanical freezers consume roughly 1000 Watts/h or 24 KW/day resulting in an annual cost of > $2,400/ year for each freezer unit. Energy consumption rates will increase as the unit ages or if the unit is not well maintained. Mechanical freezers produce a lot of heat (approximately 3,200 BTU/hr). In order to maintain a temperature of < 75oF (24oC), air conditioning will be required. One ton of air conditioning will support approximately 4 mechanical freezers. Therefore, total energy consumption for mechanical freezers includes both the consumption of energy to operate the freezer and energy costs associated with air conditioning required.
Methods of storage must also maintain long-term biological stability and biospecimen quality. BioCoR has developed an education program to help biorepositories and organizations in which store large numbers of biospecimens implement a program of sustainability auditing. This program is designed to address both the need to minimize environmental impact of the storage process and maximize quality of the biospecimen.
The concept of a sustainability audit will be introduced. In addition, attendees of the webinar will also be given a brief survey to complete and instructions for filling out the survey. This information will be analyzed in order to make recommendations regarding modifying/improving your practices and the potential costs savings that may be realized.
Information on Instructor: Ian Pope, Ph.D: Managing Partner, Coreus Consulting Group, Principal, Core Cryolab Inc. and Partner, Cells for Life Inc. Former global director of Chart-MVE Biomedical Division, Managing director of Planer PLC a global leader in controlled rate freezer manufacturer. Dr. Pope's specialty is repository and facility design, and controlled rate freezing.
