University of Wisconsin-Platteville Plant
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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville has a heating plant that provides steam to all campus buildings, which is used to heat the buildings, produce domestic hot water, and for process uses.[1] The plant uses coal.[2]
Resources
References
- ↑ “Physical Plant Policies and Procedures” The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Website, accessed January 2010
- ↑ James Lynch,"Life Cycle Assessment of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Central Heating Plant" University of Wisconsin-Platteville Research Report, April 28, 2006
Related SourceWatch articles
- Campus coal plants
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- Opposition to existing coal plants
- Coal
- Coal and jobs
- Coal-fired power plant capacity and generation
- Coal phase-out
- Coal plant conversion projects
- Coal plants near residential areas
External resources
- Anne C. Mulkern, "Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight," Greenwire, October 14, 2009.
- Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club, September 2009.
- "DOE Announces Winners of Annual University Coal Research Grants," July 7, 2005.
- American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
