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- New Jersey College Continues to Benefit From Pioneering Geothermal System
- Stockton College leads the way with innovative Earth-Coupled HVAC design. Dr. Lynn F. Stiles, professor of physics at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey is describing the background behind the installation of one of the world's largest single closed-loop geothermal HVAC systems, totaling 1,741 tons of installed geothermal heating/cooling...
- Case studies
- Patients Treated to Geothermal Comfort at Dupont Medical Center
- When the administrators of St.Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, decided that they needed more office space and a satellite surgery center at their Dupont Medical Center facility, they concluded that the existing building could not support such an undertaking. Low temperature WaterFurnace water-to-air heat pumps, ranging from one-ton...
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- Stockton College: Pomona, New Jersey - New Jersey College Continues to Benefit From Pioneering Geothermal System
- The Richard Stockton College is an award-winning, mid-sized liberal arts and sciences college located in the southeastern New Jersey pinelands area. The school was planning replacement of its aging fleet of multi-zone rooftop HVAC units-most of which dated to the school's original construction in the early 1970s. A geothermal system...
- Case studies
- The Five Geothermal Companies to Watch
- Geothermal energy, which uses the planet's sub-surface heat to generate electricity, is a valued resource because it doesn't emit greenhouse gases and can provide baseload power, in contrast to more unreliable sources like wind. For many years, the only problem has been that geothermal power is not readily accessible. ...
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- In-home daycare center benefits from geothermal technology. (Larry and Lois Hill's home in northwestern Ohio)(Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium)(Water-Source & Geothermal Heat Pumps)
- Larry and Lois Hill were originally skeptical that a geothermal heating/cooling system for their new home could provide the promised benefits, but now that the system is installed, they are very pleased with it. An incentive package provided by their electric utility, North Western Electric Cooperative Inc and contractor Delcamp...
- Research articles 1997-03-24
- McDonald's goes underground: fast-food chain tries geothermal.(heating/cooling system in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan)
- A McDonald's outlet being built in Westland, a suburb of Detroit, is taking on earthy airs by installing a geothermal system to provide air conditioning and heating. A McDonald's outlet being built in Westland, a suburb of Detroit, is taking on earthy airs...
- Research articles 1997-12-15
- Westchester Country Club digs geothermal heating system
- RYE, N.Y. - Officials at Westchester Country Club have gone underground, at least as it pertains to the club's heating and cooling needs. A $7 million renovation at the historic layout, which hosts the annual PGA Buick Classic, has resulted in the conversion of the 80-year-old club's massive 340-room hotel...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Shasta Industries(R), Shea Homes(R) and Waterfurnace International(R) Introduce BLU eQ(TM) Geothermal System in Arizona
- Shasta Industries, Inc. ®, in cooperation with Waterfurnace® International and Shea Homes ®, has developed a new geothermal heating and cooling system known as BLU eQ TM. BLU eQ is a cutting edge solution which harnesses the thermal energy that is trapped in the...
- Research articles 2009-02-23
- Economic Modeling of HDR Enhanced Geothermal Systems
- This paper focuses on the HDR geothermal system model. The MIT Energy Laboratory, under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy's Office of Geothermal and Wind Technologies, has created an economic model for evaluating the cost of electricity generation from HDR power systems. The model synthesizes engineering parameters with...
- White papers 2001-03-15
- Earthly pursuits: EPA tests verify a geothermal system that provides 400-percent efficiency in commercial water heating.(HEATING EFFICIENCY)
- The U.S. environmental protection agency has released an Environmental Technology Verification report confirming 400-percent efficiency of the EarthLinked Commercial Water Heating System. The hybrid system combines a high-efficiency geothermal heat p The U.S. environmental protection agency has released an Environmental Technology Verification report confirming 400-percent...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Birdville High School Campus: North Richland Hills, Texas - Geothermal System Proves to Be a Buried Treasure for Birdville High
- Located in the Fort Worth, Texas suburb of North Richland Hills, Birdville High School BHS makes a real presence among the expanding residential and commercial areas developing around it. By marrying the benefits of geothermal (ground-source) heating and cooling with Trane horizontal and vertical ground-source heat pumps and a Tracer...
- Case studies
- Study: geothermal energy could meet 10% of future US electricity needs
- There is enough heat under Earth's crust to help supply America with up to 10% of its electricity needs by 2050, with minimal environmental impact, according to a recent study from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Now that energy concerns have resurfaced, an opportunity exists for the...
- Research articles 2007-01-23
- Birdville High School Campus-North Richland Hills, Texas: Geothermal System Proves to Be Buried Treasure of Birdville High
- Located in the Fort Worth, Texas suburb of North Richland Hills, Birdville High School BHS makes a real presence among the expanding residential and commercial areas developing around it. The Birdville Independent School District BISD was faced with a number of challenges when designing the HVAC system for BHS. The...
- Case studies
- PEPCO to install geothermal system at Catawba College.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- PEPCO Services, Inc., began construction of a GeoExchange[TM] hvac system in four residence halls at North Carolina's Catawba College. The college is one of the first southern institutions to install this type of system. Instead of burning fossil fuel for heating and...
- Research articles 1999-08-30
- Cutting Edge Geothermal System Designed for Pennsylvania's Paragon Center
- The Paragon Center, an 80,000-square-foot office and condominium complex in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has set new standards in efficiency and environmental consciousness. Because the Paragon Center has an unusually large cooling requirement compared to the heating requirement, it was more economical to reject a portion of the cooling load through the...
- Case studies
- Geothermal Heat Pumps and Saving the World
- Whether your goal is to reduce oil imports, lower carbon dioxide emissions, or just save money, geothermal heat pumps MAY be an answer for you. In many places and under many circumstances, this heat source makes economic sense without any need for subsidy (although, in...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- New well tech cuts 2 MW German geothermal plant costs
- Germany is planning building a 2 megawatt geothermal power plant, despite undesirable conditions of the slated site in Lower Saxony, in the country's northwestern region. The GeneSys-branded plant is expected to need a 2.5-mile-deep well that would be drilled near Hanover, also in northwestern Germany. The drilling process increases the...
- News items 2009-09-01
- Google-backed Geothermal Startup Suspends Drilling Project
- A project that was supposed to show the potential of turning the heat from hot rocks deep in the Earth into a clean power source, from a startup backed by Google.org, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, and the Department of Energy, has hit a snag, literally. Geothermal startup AltaRock...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Geothermal heating and cooling system.(PENSACOLA)
- John and Susan O'Connor have incorporated a geothermal heating and cooling system in their new McDonald's, a first for McDonald's operators in Florida. The system's underground loops recycle ... John and Susan O'Connor have incorporated a geothermal heating and cooling system in their new McDonald's,...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Washington Park Library: Geothermal Heat Pump System
- When Milwaukee's Finney Library was rebuilt and opened as Washington Park Library in April 2003, it featured additional computers, community meeting space, an expanded collection of materials and a unique geothermal heat pump system to heat and cool the library. The heat pump system is one of the first vertical...
- White papers 2003-06-01
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