All Entries in the "Ground Source" Category
HUD chief tours green public housing “poster child”
In Colorado, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan toured Benedict Park Place, a sustainable mixed-income complex that uses solar and geothermal energy. He was joined by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. Donovan was quoted as saying “This is really the poster child for what we are trying to do [...]
Jetport expansion to feature geothermal heating
In Maine, the city of Portland won a $2.5 million federal grant to install the low-emission heating system at its international jetport. Maine’s two senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced the grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The jetport had broken ground earlier in the week for a major expansion. “The implementation [...]
Chinese heat pump maker wants U.S. investors
In New York, Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings Ltd., based in Shanghai, China, filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. securities regulator for an initial public offering of up to $300 million of American Depositary Shares (ADSs). The company wants its ADSs listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NRE. [...]
GeoSmart acquires rig customized for ground source drilling
In Canada, GeoSmart Energy has acquired a drill specifically designed for ground source geothermal applications. The drill features high efficiency hydraulics and dual rotary capability. The compact DeltaBase 95GT drill rig is a first for manufacturer Boart Longyear. The hydraulics boost rig performance and deliver more power to the rotary head, while the rig’s compact [...]
High school’s new ground source system will use 55 degree ground water
In Washington, Mount Si High in the Snoqualmie Valley School District is getting a ground source new heating and cooling system. The twist is that the ground source will be the large Snoqualmie aquifer whose water is a constant 55 degrees. The system will use two wells dug behind the school, 610 and 540 feet [...]
Boise State to connect to city GT system
In Idaho, Boise State University, in a partnership with the City of Boise, is expanding a geothermal heating system throughout the campus. The process actually started 30 years ago when the system, a utility run by the city, was first built. It had always been intended to be connected to the university, but water levels [...]
Ground source project will cost 26% less than expected
In Iowa, West Hancock High School in Britt budgeted $2.7 million for its new geothermal heating and cooling system. However, when construction begins in May, the estimated project costs will be lower than originally anticipated, by some $700,000. The bid from Woodruff Construction, accepted in March, was just over $2 million. The school district is [...]
Gas provider turns to ground source heating/cooling
In Canada, in a surprise move, natural gas provider Atco Gas has just opened a $21.2-million North Edmonton Operations Center that uses geothermal heating, ventilating and cooling technology. The 55,000-square-foot facility is the largest commercial building of its kind in Canada to use geothermal, although it does have natural gas booster system. One hundred and [...]
New IKEA store to feature the first U.S. use of geothermal
In Colorado, Sweden-based IKEA has begun work on a 415,000-square-foot Denver-area location. What got our attention is that one of the contractors is Geothermal Systems of Colorado, which is “designing a geothermal component” for the store. The retail store will feature architecture that is identical to other IKEA locations worldwide, but one will be the [...]
Oil museum drilling its own wells – for the heat
In Pennsylvania, the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, which celebrates the birth of the modern oil industry, is drilling 30 wells of its own for their heating capability. The 400 ft wells are being drilled on the museum’s grounds. Edwin Drake is credited with drilling the first successful oil well in Titusville, which is about [...]
