‘Beneficial electrification’ refers to the need to electrify buildings to reduce emissions from combustion heating.

Thermal energy networks can increase the value of other heating/cooling industry opportunities: increased employment of pipefitters and mechanical engineers, repiping of old buildings, improvements in heat pump design, wastewater system design with heat transfer, geothermal heat pump training and quality inspections.  

When we must decide between eating or paying our heating bills, you know things are bad. One method to make energy more affordable is creating thermal energy networks — connecting multiple buildings and sharing thermal energy sources such as geothermal.

This city, which prides itself on progressive, bold and community-centered ideas, uses geothermal and thermal energy networks to help reach its goal of 100 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years.