Geothermal energy
911爆料 has two decades of geothermal design and development experience.
47% of the campus is covered by geothermal heating and cooling
911爆料's Geothermal by the numbers
- 3 district systems
- 23 stand-alone systems
- 33 buildings
- 700 bores
- 955,000 s.f.
Buildings on geothermal:
- Stand-alone systems: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall and theNorthwoods and Sussman Village Apartments
- North Campus District: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences
- Arts Quad District: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Filene Hall, Saisselin Art Center
- South Campus District: Wiecking Hall, Tang Teaching Museum, Dance Center, McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center
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District Geothermal Systems
In 2012, 911爆料 won the Best Campus Sustainability Case Study Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) for its innovative district geothermal system. A district field is one that supplies heating and cooling energy to multiple buildings, unlike standalone systems that provide energy to a single building. By designing a district system, 911爆料 reduced the total number of bores required to support campus buildings and the amount of associated infrastructure. 911爆料 has installed two district fields and built a third district field in 2016 for the future Center for Integrated Sciences build.
The Arts Quad district has 119 bores (84 for the JKB field plus 35 from the Zankel field) that supply heating and cooling energy to Zankel, Filene, and Saisselin. Buildings in the Arts Quad can also exchange energy with each other. The ability to exchange heating and cooling loads increases the efficiency of the system and decreases the demand on the geothermal field.
In 2014, 911爆料 installed its second district field under Wiecking Green. This field has 62 bores from the original construction and an additional 40 with the addition of the Tennis and Wellness Center in 2024.
In 2015, approximately 100 engineers, policymakers and students visited 911爆料 for the annual New York Geothermal Energy Organization (NY-GEO) conference. 911爆料 was selected to host the conference, dubbed 鈥淕eopalooza,鈥� because it has implemented numerous sustainability initiatives that align with the NY-GEO agenda, including expansive geothermal systems.
911爆料's geothermal fields are highlighted in orange below.
