College Begins Revamp of Heating and Cooling Infrastructure

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This winter was the warmest winter on record for the state of Massachusetts,” he wrote, “with the average temperature a staggering [eight] degrees above normal!”

He added that the college “recognizes the significance and importance of addressing climate change, and is taking one of the most proactive and ambitious approaches within higher educa- tion.”

An important goal of the CAP is to use the college’s fossil-fuel transition to give students a chance to engage in experiential learning in the sustainability field. The heating and cooling system modernization will offer one such opportunity. “We plan to have lots of opportunities for students to interact with the project given its novelty, scale, and scope,” Dripps said.