Dartmouth
Summary
In a message to the community on Earth Day, President Sian Leah Beilock announced the launch of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative, a comprehensive commitment to meaningfully addressing climate change and sustainability on campus and beyond.
The plan calls for investments of more than $500 million in the next five years to accelerate campus decarbonization efforts and meet new targets for reducing carbon emissions on campus by 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2050—the largest investment in sustainability in Dartmouth history.
Major upgrades around campus will include improvements to energy efficiency, the continued transition from steam to hot water heating, and the installation of geo-exchange borefields and high-capacity heat pumps “in order to aggressively reduce our greenhouse gas impact,” she says.
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