{"id":52277,"date":"2020-08-08T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T00:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fort-lewis-college-adds-electric-vehicle-charging-stations\/"},"modified":"2020-08-09T00:18:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T00:18:09","slug":"fort-lewis-college-adds-electric-vehicle-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fort-lewis-college-adds-electric-vehicle-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lewis College adds electric vehicle charging stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=952fdf2e-2715-4736-8d91-caffcc10c5b1&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Fort Lewis College has installed two electric vehicle charging stations in the Sitter Family Hall parking lot. Each station can charge two cars simultaneously.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Fort Lewis College has installed two electric vehicle charging stations in the Sitter Family Hall parking lot. Each station can charge two cars simultaneously.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Patrick Armijo\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Two electric vehicle charging stations have been installed in the Sitter Family Hall parking lot at Fort Lewis College.<\/p>\n<p>Four vehicles will be able to charge at once with each ChargePoint station equipped with two plugs.<\/p>\n<p>Installation of the charging stations was led by the Campus Sustainability Council, which received an $18,000 grant from Charge Ahead Colorado for the purchase and installation of the stations.<\/p>\n<p>Charge Ahead Colorado is a program administered by the Colorado Energy Office to assist communities and organizations across the state purchase and install EV charging stations.<\/p>\n<p>The charging stations support FLC\u2019s Sustainability Action Plan, which has a goal of reaching carbon neutrality on campus by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2011, the baseline year for campus carbon emissions, FLC has recorded a 62% reduction in its carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommuting is a substantial part of our carbon footprint and the hardest to tackle because it\u2019s decentralized,\u201d said Kathy Hilimire, associate professor of Environment &amp; Sustainability and campus sustainability coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>To support clean commuting, the Campus Sustainability Council encourages free and discounted transit passes available to students and employees. The council also encourages walking and biking to campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things we try to do is show our community how to be sustainable on a budget and emphasize things that are cost saving and accessible,\u201d Hilimire said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to provide free charging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plugging in will be free, but commuters will need a day pass or annual pass to park at the charge station.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Charge Ahead grant, the CSC received financial support through the Green Fund, donations to FLC reserved for sustainability initiatives and La Plata Electric Association provided $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>Charge stations will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. A full charge will take about six to eight hours.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the amount of use the stations get, time limits and a virtual waiting list could be developed.<\/p>\n<p>FLC looks to add more EV charging stations.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\">parmijo @durangoherald.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$18,000 grant for equipment, installation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2275,132,28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-52277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-automotive-equipment","tag-fort-lewis-college","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52277"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=52277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}