All Entries in the "Ground Source" Category
Ground source saves medical building 70%
In Washington, while it may take years to recoup initial investment costs, while it does, a medical building in Spokane is using a ground-source heat pump to heat and cool their building, and saving 70% in energy bills. Owner David Owan said that the heat exchange unit alone cost around $690,000, which is more than [...]
State accustomed to ground source heating and cooling
In Maryland, an item about some new energy-saving features in a local (Wicomico County) high school, including a new ground source heating and cooling system, turned up an interesting tid bit. Wicomico schools already have a high number of geothermal installations. North Salisbury Elementary, Westside Primary and Intermediate and Prince Street Elementary all have some [...]
Ground source education site to launch
Online, geothermal education, news and networking website, GoGeothermal.com says that the site will be live later this year. Paul Cielinski, president of GoGeothermal.com said “We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of GoGeothermal.com. The new site will be the Geothermal Industry’s solution to providing Education, News, Updated Case Studies and vetted Geothermal Installers as [...]
Ground source air strike causes headaches for school district
In Pennsylvania, crews drilling bore holes for a geothermal field at Central Manor in the Penn Manor School District hit a “void” in the limestone about 20 feet to 50 feet down. Denny Coleman, director of buildings and grounds said the work caused four sinkholes. The smallest sinkhole is 3 feet wide, 2 feet long [...]
Toronto hostel features ground source heating and cooling
In Canada, when the new Planet Traveler hostel opens in September, its primary heating and cooling will come from some 350 below ground. Anthony Aarts and entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author Tom Rand renovated the 150-year-old building into a 114-bed hostel that will reduce energy consumption by 75%. Rand is the author of Kick the [...]
Jetport ground source project underway
In Maine, installation of a geothermal heating a cooling system has begun at the Portland International Jetport, funded by a $2.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The project is scheduled to be done in October but not to be operational until July 2011. The installation will use of a total of 120, 500 [...]
N.J. land conservancy group switches to geothermal
In New Jersey, the headquarters building of the state’s Land Conservancy has cut its use of heating oil and its energy bill in half by switching to geothermal energy. The use of fossil fuels in the building should drop from about 1,500 to 100 gallons a year. The system uses a 600 foot-deep well drilled [...]
Land Conservancy walks the talk with new ground source system
In New Jersey, the state’s Land Conservancy has installed a new geothermal heating and cooling system in its WildAcres Preserve headquarters in Montville Township. A grant from the F.M. Kirby Foundation paid for the system, which the Conservancy says will reduce their energy bills by 50%. The system uses a 580-foot water well, which took [...]
GeothermalGenius Launches sweepstakes to spur awareness
In Pennsylvania, GeothermalGenius has launched the “Free Heat Beneath Your Feet” Sweepstakes, providing one lucky homeowner electric compensation for an entire winter. Current geothermal heat pump consumers can enter to win electric bill compensation by sharing their experience with a geothermal heat pump. Property owners who use geoexchange to heat and cool their home can [...]
New rules protect drinking water from ground source wells in PA
In Pennsylvania, and perhaps coming to a neighborhood near you, concern have been expressed about contaminants seeping through holes drilled for wells and geothermal heating and cooling systems. A new provision from the Centre Region housing code requires wells drilled below 20 feet to be sealed with impermeable substances such as bentonite clay. The first [...]
