Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.08
Liaison Maddie LoDico
Submission Date Feb. 5, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

Colby College
PAE-5: Climate Action Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Nicole Trufant
Vice President and CFO
Academic and Administrative Vice President's Office
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Does the institution have a plan to mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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A brief summary of the climate plan’s long-term goals:
Colby’s Climate Action Plan was completed in 5/2010. Long-term goals are for Colby to become carbon neutral by 2015 through the construction a new biomass heating plant, continued improvements in campus operations, energy conservation investments, reduced consumption and finally the purchase of carbon offsets.

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A brief summary of the climate plan’s short-term goals:
In the short-term, Colby’s biomass heating plant has just been completed and began generating steam for campus use in 1/2012, which will reduce carbon emissions by 55-80%.

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Year the climate plan was formally adopted or approved:
2,010

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The website URL where information about the climate plan is available:
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