The Sierra Club says two Vermont colleges are on its top-20 list of "coolest schools" for their efforts to stop global warming.
Middlebury College and the University of Vermont are numbers 3 and 4 respectively, on Sierra Magazine's list. Schools are graded on a 1-10 scale in eight categories. Middlebury installed a wood-chip fired biomass steam heating plant this year. The plant will meet about half of the school's heating, cooling and hot water needs. The University of Vermont was touted for its wide variety of on-campus initiatives, like its new Clean Energy Act, the Campus Kitchens Project and the university's Sustainable Food Working Group. Our two schools were beaten out of the top spots by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Washington at Seattle.
Middlebury College and the University of Vermont are numbers 3 and 4 respectively, on Sierra Magazine's list. Schools are graded on a 1-10 scale in eight categories. Middlebury installed a wood-chip fired biomass steam heating plant this year. The plant will meet about half of the school's heating, cooling and hot water needs. The University of Vermont was touted for its wide variety of on-campus initiatives, like its new Clean Energy Act, the Campus Kitchens Project and the university's Sustainable Food Working Group. Our two schools were beaten out of the top spots by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Washington at Seattle.
