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Lab equipment and analytical instruments that reduce environmental impact
From crucial equipment for your everyday workflows to specialized analytical instruments, our strategy is to incorporate energy saving features and lower impact refrigerants to reduce energy usage and carbon emissions without compromising the integrity of your work. We aim to deliver superior performance while reducing environmental impact and helping meet sustainability targets.
With options that are ENERGY STAR certified, have the China Energy Label, or the ACT Ecolabel, we also include third party-certified information to integrate more sustainable practices into your purchasing decisions.
Superior energy performance
We partner with trusted third-party ecolabels to validate the exceptional energy efficiency of our products, including ENERGY STAR® and the China Energy Label. Many of our freezers and refrigerators have been recognized for achieving top-tier performance standards.
For other select laboratory equipment, we report electricity consumption using the standardized energy testing protocols developed by My Green Lab. As more products earn the My Green Lab ACT Ecolabel, customers will gain greater visibility into energy performance, enabling direct comparisons between similar products.
Low impact refrigerants
Our commitment to reducing environmental impact extends to the refrigerants used in our products. We are redesigning our equipment with natural refrigerants that go beyond F-gas compliance, replacing high-global warming potential (GWP) gases such as HFCs and HCFCs with alternatives like carbon dioxide, ethane, and propane—each with a GWP of less than 5. This transition can reduce the environmental impact of refrigerants by more than 99%, while completely avoiding ozone depletion.
The Thermo Scientific Centrifuges featuring GreenCool™ Technology exemplify this advancement. Using carbon dioxide as a natural refrigerant, these systems deliver outstanding temperature stability to protect sample integrity and ensure precise, efficient results. Equipped with a next-generation cooling system, they demonstrate our continued leadership in sustainable innovation and performance.
Innovative energy saving features
Did you know that dry vacuum pumps can deliver substantially lower energy consumption than traditional oil-sealed pumps?
Did you know that incorporating standby mode as a standard feature can dramatically reduce power use when equipment is idle?
By integrating energy-saving technologies such as dry vacuum pumps and intelligent standby modes, we design our instruments to deliver meaningful energy reductions and help our customers achieve their sustainability goals.
Our latest Thermo Scientific mass spectrometers are engineered for efficiency:
The iCAP MSX ICP-MS reduces energy consumption by 28% compared to the previous model through optimized vacuum pump operation and reduced pumping speed in standby mode.
The Orbitrap Exploris mass spectrometers achieve up to 38% lower electricity use with dry vacuum pumps compared to the previous model with an oil-sealed pump, enhancing overall system efficiency.
With a Platinum ACT Ecolabel 2.0, the Thermo Scientific Vanquish HPLC and UHPLC Systems feature upgraded power supplies that enable up to a 90% reduction in electricity use during standby mode.
The QuantStudio 6 and 7 Pro Real-Time PCR Systems introduce a new idle mode feature that allows the heated cover to be turned off or temperature reduced, lowering electricity consumption by up to 25%.
Choosing greener products - look for the leaf
For customers seeking greener products, Thermo Fisher has created an easy identification system with our green leaf symbol. When you see the green leaf symbol on one of our products, it means that product has one or more third-party ecolabels and meets our environmental sustainability criteria.
Learn more about the third-party ecolabels we use with our products.
