The Duchesne County School District, Duchesne, Utah, believes in geothermal heating and cooling. When the district decided to expand the Duchesne County High School, it chose to retrofit the existing school to incorporate geothermal, and called on Rocky Mountain Geo-Thermal Inc. to do the job.
The old school was heated with a coal-fired boiler, and had no cooling system. Now, the Duchesne County High School is the second school in the district utilizing geothermal heating and cooling.
Its geothermal loop field is one of the first directionally drilled loop fields in the country. The loop field consists of four 300-foot vertical loops, three 60-foot pump and dump water wells, and 70 300-foot loops directionally drilled at a depth of 15 feet underneath the football field. The total project involved 50,000 square feet.
Founded in 2003, Rocky Mountain Geo-Thermal is located in Denver. The firm has completed more than 400 geothermal loop field projects in Colorado and the surrounding states. For more information on the company and its projects, visit www.rockymountaingeothermal.com.
Industry News
Seeking Drill Sites in Alaska for Ice Core Expedition A month-long reconnaissance mission will identify specific drill sites for surface-to-bedrock ice cores that will provide researchers with the best climate records going back some 2,000 years.
Concern for Clean Drinking Water A recent Gallup Poll shows that Americans perceive clean drinking water as more of a threat than climate change. Fifty-three percent of Americans worry "a great deal" over the pollution of drinking water, while just 37 percent place that concern on global warming, according to a Gallup Poll. Gallup suggests the numbers might have been higher, had the survey been conducted following an Associated Press report on pharmaceuticals in drinking water.
Coming Events
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include homes, schools, restaurants, small factories and more.
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