How Cleanroom Technology Can Help Organisations Meet Their Carbon Emission Targets

The laboratories typically used by pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, for example, contain a broad range of equipment – including isolators, fume cupboards, downflow booths and extraction systems. These all require energy to operate. If you consider the full lifecycle of the product, they also need to be manufactured in a factory, transported and will require disposal at some point.

In every stage of this lifecycle, cleanroom equipment is having an impact on the environment. Any company designing or developing cleanroom laboratories needs to consider these implications before an investment is made.

This subject comes up repeatedly in conversations we have with potential customers. It’s as high on their priority list as factors such as overall cost, quality, lead times and return on investment.

This is partly driven by ethical considerations. But there are also strong commercial and financial motivations, with pressure coming from consumers, investors and other stakeholders, including employees. This is in addition to growing scrutiny from environmental groups and watchdogs.

Governments across the globe are in the process of rolling out legislation that encourages regulators to take action against any company failing to reduce their emissions. This includes the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).

These regulations will increase the environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting requirements placed on large enterprises from next year – and this doesn’t just cover their own operations, it covers their supply chains too. So, being a supplier to many large multinational organisations, the environmental impact of Envair Technology and the products we make is currently at the forefront of our minds.

Please visit our website using the link above to find out more, including how the use of variable air volume (VAV) in fume cupboards can help to significantly reduce energy wastage.