Dartmouth
Summary
This fall, Dartmouth plans to reach a major milestone in the $500 million decarbonization project underway on campus: the installation of the first geo-exchange borefield.
Following testing done in the Athletics District over the winter, plans are being finalized to construct Dartmouth’s first borefield under Chase Field #4, the southernmost field in the athletic complex that is used as a practice field by the women’s and men’s soccer teams. Testing concluded that Chase was suitable for a borefield, which effectively uses the subsurface of the Earth as a thermal battery for buildings.
Installation of the borefield will follow work taking place this summer to install piping and electrical duct banks in multiple locations on campus that will eventually connect to a geo-exchange heat pump plant that will also be connected to the borefields.
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