Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Making 'Clean Energy' Pay

[Katie Henry (katie-henry]

>> Concerning geothermal -- You don't need all that much space for  
wells. We have forty 600-foot wells in our courtyard, which measures  
48 feet by 128 feet.

> Do you mean 60 feet? or actually 600?!

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Nope, 600 feet.

Here's a U.S. Department of Energy profile of our building. Click the  
"Energy" link for info on our geothermal system:

     http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/database/energy.cfm? 
ProjectID=404

And here are a couple pictures of the wells being drilled (the two  
black-and-white photos). Certainly makes me appreciate my desk job:

     http://www.groundloop.com/inthenews.html


Katie
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, MD