An 'environmental justice population' in Framingham was chosen for the system.
A Massachusetts neighborhood could be the envy of sustainability enthusiasts in the state after it was picked by an energy provider as the location to install the first-ever utility-run geothermal network in the country.
Typically, only the wealthiest of residents would have access to the funds needed to retrofit their homes for geothermal energy, Camargo said. Experts were aiming for a mixed-use community -- a combination of homes and businesses -- for the pilot. As energy is pulled into a grocery store, which requires ample cooling, it is rejecting heat that can then be used to warm homes down the street, Camargo said.
Thermal energy networks are the most efficient method in existence to heat and cool buildings, Camargo said. Instead of gas, water is carried through the pipes buried beneath the earth, and furnaces inside buildings are replaced with ground source heat pumps connected to water loops -- a system that works akin to a conveyor belt transferring energy from inside to out or from outside to in.
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