January 2019 – July 2022
Sumanjeet Kaur in Energy Technologies is researching technologies that can substantially reduce the building sector’s carbon footprint, improve industrial thermal processing systems’ performance, advance carbon-negative efforts, and help meet the global demand for clean water. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/imagine-the-future/sustainability
The Sustainable Berkeley Lab team collaborates with partners site-wide to reduce the Lab’s climate, waste, and water footprint. John Elliott heads the team as the Lab’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a role that was created when John joined the Lab in 2012. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/experience-the-present/sustainability
The ESnet program moved from Lawrence Livermore Lab to Berkeley Lab in 1996, impacting those who lived further east. In response, a “telework center” was created so that ESnet staff could have a flexible work option. Watch this 1996 video that imagines the future of work. That future is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w29iHU1ufK4
Sustainability is at the heart of Berkeley Lab. The Lab’s main site, set in 202-acres of hillsides, tends to make people working and visiting the site aware of the need to support and sustain our environment. Take a look at the Lab’s sustainability history in this photo essay. https://berkeleylab.exposure.co/celebrate-the-past-sustainability?source=share-berkeleylab
Berkeley Lab’s photo archives are vast and full of unidentified employees – like this image of personnel who worked on the Bevatron. Help give context and names to a whole trove of images. To add information to a photo, select the image and click the “Say Something” box in the corner. https://photos.app.goo.gl/uWFrN6HcDmXN3SRq9
All Access seeks to increase understanding and appreciation for individuals with disabilities, whether visible or not. All Access ERG co-chairs Misha Gonzalez and Emalynn Robinson share the benefits of an inclusive workplace and their vision for Berkeley Lab. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/building-community/misha-gonzalez-and-emalynn-robinson?authuser=0
All Access advocates for a more accessible laboratory in design, spirit, and operation. Learn more in this previous feature where executive sponsor David Brown and deputy sponsor Helen Cademartori share the improvements they have seen in Lab inclusion and accessibility over the years. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/building-community/david-brown-and-helen-cademartori?authuser=0
Since its founding in 2015, the All Access Employee Resource Group represents members of the disability community and their allies. All Access seeks to advance inclusion and equality for everyone in the Berkeley Lab community. https://berkeleylab.exposure.co/celebrate-the-pastnbspall-access?source=share-berkeleylab
What were Lab employees reading 62 years ago? “The Magnet,” the Lab monthly newsletter from 1959. There is an article about women working at the Lab, a trip to the U.S.S.R. for Al Ghiorso, employee marriages, and new family additions. At the time, Berkeley and Livermore were jointly managed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCy5FZ2mQasT708hfAapLphM7fAR9hZE/view?usp=sharing
Help identify Berkeley Lab’s hidden history. This picture and other images of unnamed researchers and equipment from the Lab’s extensive photo archive are now available to be identified. To identify someone, select an image and click the “Say Something” box in the corner. https://photos.app.goo.gl/uWFrN6HcDmXN3SRq9