The Oregon Institute of Technology has announced plans to be powered solely by geothermal energy within the next few years. The University has put in a place a plan for a new $7.6 Million geothermal facility which will fill all of the institutions energy needs, making it the first university on earth to go 100% geothermal. This is a little easier though for Oregon Tech than most colleges however, with its hometown of Klamath Falls sitting right on a fault line, making the extraction of heat from deep within the earth’s crust a simpler, more cost effective process.
Oregon Tech’s commitment to going 100% renewable is part of a growing trend among universities to start being part of the solution to climate change and energy crunch. You can takepart in learning more about what colleges are doing to become more socially and environmentally responsible by checking out Grist’s Top 15 Green Colleges and Universities, rounded off with Runner-ups.
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OPB News: Oregon Tech Looks to Be World’s First Fully Geothermal Campus
Hugg: Oregon Tech to be Powered Entirely By Geothermal Energy
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