According to the concept of ggreen laboratoryh, an autoclave-less facility has been built for the first time as animal breeding facilities in Technology Departments of Japanese Universities. The facility has a SPF room with a capacity of ca. 5000 mice, an experimental room for general use, a washing room, and a database management room. Fingerprint certification is necessary to enter the facility and the flow line of workers in the facility is strictly regulated. Special attention is paid to the cleanliness within the facility also in the area for general use. Facility management is performed according to the concept of GLP that is required for the reliability of test data obtained during the development of medicine.

The concept of ggreen laboratoryh


that started in United States has now been spread throughout the world. Kennes A. Cornberg, a laboratory designer of USA, says gTo decrease the CO2 generation by efficient use of resources is urgent task for the prevention of global warming. What we can do is to make green laboratories designed to decrease CO2 emission from the laboratories themselves as low as possible and to make laboratories for green technology aiming at the development of reusable energy sources.h The autoclave-less system of this facility is based on this concept. A large quantity of energy necessary for routine autoclaving of many breeding cages can be saved. The cages are made of PET and therefore can be recycled after disposal.