Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.25
Liaison Sarah Fortner
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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Carleton College
IN-25: Innovation B

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Martha Larson
Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainbility
Facilities
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Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Carleton's Utility Master Plan Outreach

A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:
Carleton is undergoing a massive revitalization of its 100-year-old steam heating system. This transformation will switch our district heating system from natural gas and steam based, to geothermal based. This system is innovative, but also extremely disruptive to campus. Three geothermal bore fields have been drilled on beloved green spaces on campus and every building needs upgrades to be able to accept the hot-water system. Because of this, the Utility Master Plan needed an outreach program that was unique from typical facilities projects. This outreach program needed to go above and beyond to educate, inspire, and inform the campus community to the changes to come over a five-year construction period. There were three big tools that were critical to our success: 1. Quality graphics that told our story. These graphics varied from fun facts to informative maps. They are displayed on the construction site and shared widely with the campus community. 2. The UMP Website. This website is critical to general inquiries from other institutions that would like to do a similar project. While we are busy with construction, it is often difficult to find time to sit down for a phone call with everyone who is interested. The website serves as a landing page for everything related to the geothermal and UMP project. https://apps.carleton.edu/geothermal/ 3. The Sustainability Assistants and Environmental Advisory Committee. These two groups of people are trained to tell our story so that the project manager and the Sustainability Program Coordinator can focus on the project. They are our ambassadors to the construction and conduct a lot of on-the-ground outreach.

Which of the following impact areas does the innovation most closely relate to? (select up to three):
Campus Enagement
Public Engagement
Energy

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A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise or a press release or publication featuring the innovation :
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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