A big “Go Wildcats!” to the University of New Hampshire, where I attended my freshmen year of college (96/97), for their switch to landfill gas as the campus’s primary energy source. They are building a pipeline from a nearby landfill that will reduce their use of fossil fuels by 85%.
Inside Greentech has the full scoop, here’s a quick bit…
The University of New Hampshire in Durham announced today that the campus will run primarily on gas piped in from Waste Management’s (NYSE: WMI) landfill in Rochester.
Construction is expected to start immediately on the EcoLine gas processing plant.
The University of New Hampshire is the first university in the nation to use landfill gas as its primary energy source.
The landfill gas will replace commercial natural gas as the primary fuel in UNH’s cogeneration plant, enabling UNH to receive 80 to 85 percent of its energy from a renewable source.
“By reducing the university’s dependence on fossil fuels and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, EcoLine is an environmentally and fiscally responsible initiative,” said UNH president Mark Huddleston.
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Noelle dEstries
Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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