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Carleton College Utility Master Plan

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  • Colleges see untapped potential in geothermal district energy systems Outside link

    7 February 2022

    A Midwest Energy News Network article by Frank Jossi, published on February 7, 2022.

    Minnesota’s Carleton College is among a growing list of schools investing in the centuries-old technology as part of a path to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner.

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    Clean Energy Economy MN, Carleton College: Setting a High Bar for Sustainability Goals Outside link

    25 January 2022

    Blog written by Brooke McKelvey, CEEM’s Communications and Marketing Intern, who is a senior at Carleton College.

    Since its first greenhouse gas inventory in 2008, Carleton College in Northfield, MN has reduced its carbon footprint by 68%. In 2021, the College completed its Utility Master Plan, a plan that focuses on upgrading campus facilities to reduce operating costs and emissions, with the goal of making the college carbon neutral by 2050.

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  • Photo of East Energy Station, taken by Alex Cardenas for the Carletonian.

    ENTER: Carleton College’s Geothermal Campus Outside link

    1 July 2021

    The Northfield, Minnesota college shut down its last boiler in May—a milestone in its commitment to a carbon-free campus by 2050

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    Carletonian: Carleton celebrates end of steam use after 111 years Outside link

    30 May 2021

    On May 21, 2021 Carleton turned off steam power for the last time ever. This concludes 111 years of using steam to fuel our campus and help students survive Minnesota winters. The college has now fully transitioned to hot water geothermal power, a shift that indicates Phase 2 of the Utility Master Plan has been completed.

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  • 2020 photo of the physical plant showing the current stack and the smaller one replacing it

    Carletonian: Carleton set to turn off its towering smokestack — for good

    2 November 2020

    An article in The Carletonian written by Beck Woolen ’23 shares some exciting news about the future use of an iconic Carleton landmark.

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  • Bore Fields Artists-in- Residence

    2 November 2020

    Artists-in-residence Leslie Grant and Casey Demming share their final work from the summer of 2019, with poems and readings that detail labor, highlight its necessity in modern society, and expresses gratitude for those who built our structures.

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  • Three new boilers installed in Facilities on July 8, 2020

    New Boilers in Facilities

    2 November 2020

    During the summer of 2020, the exisiting facilities building off of Highway 19 got a facelift and some upgraded equipment. Three new hot water boilers were placed on their pads on July 8th, 2020. There will be two more coming in 2021, but this is a big milestone. These boilers will supplement the geothermal system, which will cover about 70% of the College’s annual heating and cooling demands. These boilers are also much more efficient than the old boilers they are replacing.

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  • Burton Road Construction Update

    13 May 2020

    Since majority of faculty, staff, and students are off-campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, facilities is getting a jump-start on summer construction. See the attachment for photos. Because we needed to replace the old steam piping with new hot water piping, we are taking advantage of the opportunity to upgrade the Burton service road and loading docks.

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  • Summer 2020 Construction Begins

    6 May 2020

    Read on for construction updates as we kick off the 2020 construction season.

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  • Photo of East Energy Station, taken by Alex Cardenas for the Carletonian.

    Carletonian Sustainability Issue: the UMP

    14 February 2020

    The Carletonian published an all-sustainability issue for the sixth week of winter term 2020, right in time for the Sustainability Office’s Climate Action Week. The Utility Master Plan made the front page with the feature story: “Carleton on track to meet interim emissions goal as geothermal project enters second phase.”

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