All facilities will go from being steam and electricity powered by fossil fuel, to running on hot water heating systems, paired with geothermal energy, according to UMass officials. The new systems will be powered by solar energy and the electrical grid.
On Friday, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said the university's pioneering work on such a complex, large-scale initiative will have ramifications far beyond the campus and that it can serve as a model for other large research universities.
UMass Amherst engineering professor Erin Baker said the UMass plan is very ambitious — and very doable. It's urgent that buildings everywhere become carbon neutral, Baker said, adding that what happens in the next ten years on campus will go beyond Amherst.
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