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“Sustainable Bowdoin 2042” builds on Bowdoin’s environmental leadership to achieve 100 percent renewable electricity, creates a clear transition to a fossil fuel-free campus, and enhances existing academic programming.
Building on decades of leadership on environmental stewardship and in the teaching and study of the environment, Bowdoin College today launched “Sustainable Bowdoin 2042,” a clean-energy plan that invests a minimum of $100 million in campus infrastructure between now and 2037 with the goal of utilizing carbon-free clean energy by 2042.
The detailed plan for a decarbonized campus within two decades focuses on producing renewable electricity, increasing the efficiency of the College’s building stock, and transitioning to a fossil fuel-free heating system, while maintaining flexibility to adapt as newer technologies evolve.
With heating during the Maine winter currently responsible for 75 percent of the College’s carbon emissions, Phase I (2022–2037) of the plan creates tighter building envelopes and completely rebuilds the heating infrastructure. Phase II (2038–2042) replaces the gas-fired central heating plant with an alternative energy station.
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