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The Miami University on Oxford, Ohio will soon begin drilling for a geothermal heating and cooling system that will replace the existing natural gas-powered system at the North Chiller Plant. Work is expected to being by the summer of 2024 and full operations is by the spring of 2026 is being targeted.
More than 500 wells will be drilled to a depth of 850 feet (~259 meters) in the front lawn of Millett Hall. Heat from these boreholes will then be directed to the soon-to-be-renamed North Geothermal Plant which will supply clean heating and cooling to many North Campus buildings, including Millett Hall and the Student Athlete Development Center.
Miami University aims to heat 43 buildings, or 39% of the campus buildings, with geothermal energy by 2026. This is in line with the university’s 2040 carbon neutrality goal, a large enabler of which is the electrification of heating and cooling systems and utilization of geothermal heating and cooling.
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