Middlebury College number three cool school

Middlebury College has come in as one of the country's "coolest" by the Sierra Club for its work to stop global warming. Middlebury came in third on the list, one notch ahead of the other top-ranked Vermont school, the University of Vermont. Earlier this year, Middlebury installed a wood-chip fired biomass steam heating plant. The plant will meet about half of the school's heating, cooling and hot water needs. Middlebury also has innovative programs like its the Campus Kitchens Project and the university's Sustainable Food Working Group.