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Tech company's theme park-like campus taps into unexpected energy source: 'Something that many others might think is too big'

By District Energy posted 22 days ago

  

Yahoo! News

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In rural Wisconsin, a corporate campus looks more like a fantasy theme park. But according to Inside Climate News, the wildest part of Epic Systems' "Intergalactic Headquarters" isn't the whimsical buildings. It's what's buried underneath: one of the largest geothermal heating and cooling networks on Earth.

Heating and cooling our buildings costs a fortune and consumes massive amounts of energy. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that buildings consume nearly 40% of all U.S. energy, with over half of that for heating and cooling. Epic decided to tap the stable energy source right under its feet.

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