ARCHITECTURE & FACILITIES

Colleges Harness Wind Power to Cut Energy Costs

By SCOTT CARLSON

Northfield, Minn.

Robert D. Lamppa, a facilities manager at Carleton College, says people drive from miles around to stand beneath Carleton's new wind turbine and gawk at its immensity. So Mr. Lamppa is not surprised to find a white SUV parked on the dirt service road that leads to the turbine, which sits in a cornfield...

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