Geothermal energy is a type of renewable energy that uses accessible thermal energy deep underground, extracting the heat from geothermal reservoirs in the Earth’s crust. Since the heat from the Earth ...

Micah Parkin wanted to quash her home’s carbon pollution to help fight climate change. So she took a familiar step among climate-inclined homeowners: She got a heat pump — just not the typical variety ...

Researchers at the University of Padova in Italy have proposed to improve the performance of residential air heat pumps with air-geothermal heat exchangers and have found this combination may reduce ...

When Terri was looking to downsize from her home in Austin, Texas, she discovered Whisper Valley – a sustainable, net-zero capable planned community under development just 20 minutes east of downtown.

Extreme weather events, water shortages, and other consequences of climate change have challenged--and compromised--energy infrastructure around the world. Increased energy consumption is threatening ...

The Department of Geology and the Facilities Services Department have partnered to install a geothermal well which will be used to heat and cool a classroom in Lane Hall. The heat exchange unit — ...

Doug Hammerle, director of energy systems at Miami University, will give a tour of the geothermal heat exchange facility on Western campus as part of the unclassified personnel advisory committee ...

Ground heat exchange will keep Marion, Ark., firefighters both cool and warm in their new station house, thanks to the latest in HVAC technology for climate control in the building. The new fire house ...

Perfection Contracting’s main business is geothermal. BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Cost. It might be the biggest prohibitive factor when selling and installing geothermal systems. And drilling is one of the ...

On a tranquil morning in mid-September, as players lobbed tennis balls across nearby courts and novice archers took aim at their archery targets, a large drill rig was making its first (very loud) ...

A large well-drilling machine bore a six-inch diameter hole 300 feet deep into the bedrock. The bedrock starts 32 feet below ground level. As Josh Arnold, the College's director of energy management ...