Oberlin
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Just in time for winter, Oberlin College and Conservatory’s geothermal heating and cooling system is cranking up the heat. A four-year project to convert the campus’ fossil fuel-based system into an eco-friendly one is now online, supporting Oberlin’s goal of becoming 100 percent carbon neutral by 2025.
“It’s a major milestone for this infrastructure,” said Chris Norman, senior director of energy and sustainability.
The project, dubbed the Sustainable Infrastructure Program (SIP), involved replacing aging infrastructure with a stable system powered by 850 geothermal wells on the practice fields north of campus, water-source heat pumps, and an underground network of pipes. Oberlin retrofitted nearly 60 campus buildings to accommodate the new system and equipped 11 more buildings with air conditioning.
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