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Dartmouth College has set an ambitious goal to become carbon zero by 2050, meaning fossil fuels to power the campus will become a thing of the past. To get there, the Ivy League school has embarked on the largest investment in sustainability in its history.
When it comes to future construction projects at Dartmouth College, the Big Green is thinking green.
“They are definitely doing all the construction work at once, which is a little disruptive to campus and people getting around, but I think that is it great that they are doing it,” said Leila Brady, a Dartmouth sophomore.
A $500 million construction project is underway to bring the campus’s carbon use down to zero. The first goal is to reduce emissions by 60 percent by 2030. To do that, along with improving the energy efficiency of buildings already there, the campus is switching to a geothermal-style energy system.
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