Carleton College: A Turbine-led Transformation

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Carleton has installed two wind turbines on campus and has launched a pilot program for the energy auditing of local residences that students can take part in.
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This video is an entry in a contest we’ve launched with Second Nature’s Climate Leadership Awards. See below for how you can vote for it.
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Carleton College has installed two wind turbines in order to reduce our carbon footprint. Our second turbine, which is connected directly our the campus power grid, will supply 25-30% of our electricity needs and reduce our carbon footprint by 10%. In addition, we are trying to make our buildings more energy efficient by performing energy audits with our local energy company. These two projects are just the beginning for Carleton College’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2050 as outlined by our Carbon Action Plan.


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