The Daily Tar Heel
Summary
At the UNC Energy Transition Town Hall on Thursday, students, faculty and community members gathered to learn more about the University’s progress in its transition to clean energy. The event was co-hosted by the UNC Undergraduate Student Government , the Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee and Sustainable Carolina .
The University is making strides to reduce those emissions, but also reminded the audience of the necessity of electricity and steam to campus and UNC Hospitals.
“We have a sophisticated district energy system on a very large campus with a high energy demand, and we have lives and life-saving research on the line,” Elliott said . “So if we have a power outage or a steam outage, we’re going to lose critical research and possibly lives in the hospital.”
Continue Reading
#News#UNCChapelHill#MemberNewsIDEA#DistrictEnergy