UMass Boston
Summary
UMass Boston received a $5.3 million grant from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to support the initial phases of its campus-wide decarbonization plan, accelerating plans to reduce on-campus greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas by 7,500 metric tons annually, starting in 2029. To achieve this reduction, UMass Boston will install a unique heating system that would not be possible on any other UMass campus: one which relies on seawater.
Over the next several years, the university will expand this system, installing a set of three electric heat-shift chillers in the Central Plant to capture excess heat and use it for winter heating. Once the system comes online, the seawater that is released back to the harbor will be cooler.
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