GEOTHERMAL SCHOOL FOR LONG ISLAND
Valley Stream elementary school first in US to test new type of geothermal heating, cooling system
Emily C. Dooley, September 13, 2015 (Newsday)
“A $3 million pilot program using a twist on traditional geothermal systems to heat and cool buildings…has saved the district thousands of dollars in electric bills, increased security and provided stable climate control [at William L. Buck Elementary School in Valley Stream]…Traditional geothermal systems require drilling hundreds of boreholes into the ground to collect water…[This system] ties right into the public water main and connects to a heat exchanger that warms and cools the water, and sends it throughout the building, similar to the way radiators work…The water is then sent to a diffusion well going back to the groundwater…It's the first time in the nation such a unit has been installed at a school and represents a cheaper alternative to traditional geothermal systems…” click here for more
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