Energy Center running, drawing national attention
By Elizabeth Edwards/News Editor | Posted: Sunday, October 9, 2011 12:08 am
Eastern is now the only university in the country that can fuel its entire campus off renewable energy.
During the grand opening of the Eastern’s new Renewable Energy Center, lines upon lines of interested students, faculty members and community members stood outside of the new building to take a tour Friday.
Ryan Segal, the campus energy and sustainability coordinator, who presided over the tours, said the energy center will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent.
The center will use 27,000 tons of wood chips a year to fuel the biomass gasification process, he said.
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During the grand opening ceremony, Donald Kathan, the area director of the U.S Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, said Eastern’s renewable energy center is truly a success story on many different levels.
During the grand opening ceremony, Donald Kathan, the area director of the U.S Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, said Eastern’s renewable energy center is truly a success story on many different levels.
The center is the largest biomass renewable energy project in the country and will significantly reduce Eastern’s annual electricity consumption, Kathan said.
“It highlights a successful partnership between an university and a private company,” Kathan said.
The president of Honeywell Building Solutions, Paul Orzeske said, during the ceremony, the renewable energy center is a great story of collaboration on many fronts.
Many universities pick glamorous projects to gain attention, but Eastern has been making environment improvements on campus before the construction of the renewable energy center, Orzeske said
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