Globe Highlights Campus Sustainability Work

The College renewed its long-term partnership with Vicinity Energy, emphasizing Emerson’s commitment to carbon neutrality by 2030, and is the first college to convert all its heating to renewable energy with eSteam.

Steam represents about 36% of Emerson’s total greenhouse gas emissions, which will be eliminated through this conversion before the College’s carbon neutrality target year.

I’m hoping we’ll be able to set a good example for other urban colleges and universities,” said Jennifer Lamy, Emerson’s sustainability director. “If we can support this by being a first-mover customer, then we’re acting in the interest of the broader Boston area.”

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