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UMass Amherst has been named a recipient of the 2026 Mass Save Impact Award, recognizing the university’s leadership in implementing energy initiatives.

Since launching Phase Two of the Decarbonization Plan this spring, UMass Amherst has been working with RMF Engineering, Brailsford & Dunlavey, and DOC Construction to lay the groundwork for an updated plan to be completed in 2027. The planning process is ongoing, and the university is now inviting campus faculty, staff, and students to learn more about the work and share their perspectives at Decarbonization Days, a series of events on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and Wednesday, Oct. 21.

A team from the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (LARP) in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will join an interdisciplinary initiative examining how two Maine cities can prepare for climate change while strengthening connections among their riverfronts, communities and shared histories.

There are plenty of reasons for the UMass IT staff at Venture Way to keep their eyes on a screen, but the newest addition at the university’s Hadley complex now gives them and other university employees at the location a colorful, sustainable reason to look outside.

UMass Amherst will be among the first public universities in the country to have an electric-powered heat pump installed on its campus.

The four-day program brought together more than 125 faculty members and students from 16 universities, including UMass Amherst, to explore offshore wind energy.