Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Shared heating systems

[Willie Schreurs (willie]

On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 Mmariner [at] aol.com wrote:

> 
> Bruce Coldham in a Cohousing Journal article said that having heating systems
> that  heat several homes are more ecological.  Are any sites planning a
> central heating plant that heats several buildings -- such as college
> campuses sometimes use?  I guess they use underground conduits for heating...

        I understand that Ithaca Ecovillage is doing that.  I think that 
they have one heating plant per building and, of course, a few homes 
per building.  I'm guessing that someone from there will fill you in 
better than I can.


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