Project Updates, Press & Presentations

Janet Scannell, Carleton’s Chief Technology Officer, talks energy use in some of the College’s most energy-intensive spaces — computer labs and the data center. With the UMP, the heat pump can recycle the waste heat given off in these spaces and redistribute to cooler areas of campus. Read more about Carleton’s digital footprint.

Martha Larson, Carleton’s Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainability and lead project manager for the Utility Master Plan, talks shop with Dave Karlsgodt of Fovea LLC about the replacement of steam to a hot water / geothermal district heating system. Give it a listen here.

Xcel Energy and Carleton College have similar goals to reducing carbon emissions. See the joint press release on the right to see how a utility company and a college can work together to achieve carbon neutrality.

Fred Rogers ’72, Carleton’s Vice President and Treasurer, presented at the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. Fred’s poster was titled “Why Hot Water is a Win-Win” in reference to the College’s transition from steam to low-temperature hot water to heat the campus, which will reduce emissions and operating costs, as well as upgrade a 100-year-old district heating system for the 21st century.

Today the steam heating system for the east side of campus was turned off for the last time in Carleton’s history! It will be replaced next year with a new and more energy efficient geothermal hot water heating system. This is a monumental step towards our goal of a Carbon Free Carleton by 2050. Please join the Sustainability Office at 3:30pm Friday afternoon to celebrate with free ice cream on the Mini Bald Spot! Dairy free options will be available. In case of rain, location will be moved to the 1st Cassat lounge.

This exhibit marks the culmination of their residency, which they are also documenting and reflecting upon via the Coffeehouse Press “CHP in the Stacks” blog. They describe this project as “an investigation of the interrelationship of labor, storytelling, institutional infrastructure, and archival knowledge-keeping through the lens of energy—specifically, the historical and contemporary methods of production at Carleton.”

Martha Larson and Lee Tapper, the project manager and senior engineer on the Utility Master Plan discuss the details of the innovative and transformative project on Carleton’s campus. See the full article.

Martha Larson, the project manager for the UMP, presented a webinar to Carleton alumni about the project.

The last of three drilling rigs has packed up and moved out of the construction site on the Bald Spot.

Carleton College News & Updates for the Northfield Community highlighted updates and news about the Utility Master Plan.