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Selleck Discusses Energy at Colgate, Locally

Sun, Mar 21, 2010

In this video, Colgate Geology Professor Bruce Selleck talks with alumni from the Colgate Club of Baltimore about "Colgate and Energy: Balancing Cost and Sustainability in Upstate New York."

Selleck Discusses Energy at Colgate, Locally

Colgate Geology Professor Bruce Selleck (who graduated from Colgate in 1971) says that Colgate -- and much of the greater Hamilton area -- is located "in an energy Nirvana".

In a speech to Baltimore area alumni, Selleck said the village's Municipal Utility Corp. supplies low-cost electricity to Colgate and the community. He also credits the decision in the mid-1980s to use woodchips to generate 85 percent of the university's steam with helping make Colgate energy-efficiant and save money.

Selleck also talks about wind energy, solar, natural gas and how Colgate is working at continuing as a leader among its peer institutions to reduce its carbon footprint.

He said Colgate is working with the New York Power Authority to site a 400 kw solar array locally.

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