Freezer Challenge Blog Posts

Blog posts will be emailed to all Freezer Challenge participants and site coordinators either weekly or biweekly for the duration of the competition. Past blog posts from this year will be collected here for review again later. In addition, in My Green Lab's main blog site The Beaker, we will publish monthly digests of the content shared here, and will link to those articles here too. If you're not receiving the Freezer Challenge blog posts but should be, feel free to contact us at programs@mygreenlab.org

If you are looking for blog posts from earlier then 2022, you can find those archived here.

2023

Blog #1: What's New This Year
Delivered January 19, 2023

Blog #2: Excellence in Freezer Management
Delivered February 16, 2023

Blog #3: Organize a Competition for your Institution Leveraging the FC Data
Delivered March 30, 2023

Blog #4: Keeping it Cool - Top Tips for Energy Savings
​Delivered April 13, 2023

Blog #5: You Don't Have to Go It Alone - Virtual Webinars
Delivered May 1, 2023

Blog #6: Cool Changes Ahead - Switching to -70 C Database
Delivered May 11, 2023

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2022

Blog #1: What is your motivation for doing the 2022 Freezer Challenge?
​Delivered January 18, 2022

Blog #2: Preventative Maintenance for the Win
Delivered February 2, 2022

Blog #3: Full Defrosts
Delivered March 1, 2022

Blog #4: Strategies for Competing in the Freezer Challenge, Panel Discussion 
Delivered March 17, 2022

Blog #5: Affordable Energy Efficient Upgrades Midstream Rebates for ULT Freezers
Guest Blog by Phil Pipitone of Energy Solutions
Delivered March 29, 2022

Blog #6: Considerations and Resources for Energy Efficient Upgrades
Delivered April 18, 2022

Blog #7: Sharing Freezer Space
Delivered May 9, 2022

Blog #8: Room Temp Sample Storage for DNA and RNA
Delivered May 24, 2022

Blog #9: Save the Most kWh by Retiring Cold Storage Units
​Delivered June 15, 2022

Blog #10: Final Thoughts on Cleaning Out Samples and Inventorying
Delivered June 29, 2022