A comprehensive energy master plan that takes both current and planned facilities into consideration put Dartmouth on a practical path to achieving its sustainability goals of reducing the carbon footprint, conserving energy, and controlling energy costs. 

After analyzing current carbon emissions based on the existing campus, EYP extrapolated future emissions from the College’s plans for growth in order to evaluate multiple strategies for reducing the campus’s long-term carbon footprint. We assessed a range of renewable energy source options including solar, wind, landfill gas, and biomass, appraising the impact of each option on the carbon footprint trajectory. Energy systems options included geothermal heating and cooling for all future buildings and developing wind power generation. We provided the client with a decision matrix reflecting our evaluations of the economic, technical, environmental, and political viability of each alternative energy source to support the decision-making process.