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Jay Egg

Jay Egg

Jay Egg is a consultant and designer of geothermal HVAC systems, in addition to being author of two books and several articles on the subject. He is the Founder of Egg Geo, LLC, and focuses on geothermal advocacy, engineering,  and educational efforts. He can be reached at jegg@egggeo.com or egggeo.com.

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Geothermal Hvac

How to Construct a U.S. Geothermal Energy Network

We built 1.5 million miles of gas lines over 20 years in the 1950s and 1960s. Can we do the same with geothermal energy networks?
June 3, 2022
Jay Egg
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As we undertook an enormous infrastructure project after World War II to build gas pipelines, our future includes constructing local thermal energy networks — much more practical than country-wide pipelines. 


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Geothermal HVAC

Wastewater Energy Exchange is Making Sense to Energy Utilities

Geothermal heat pumps are the central component of the thermal extraction/rejection portion of energy recovery.
April 15, 2022
Jay Egg
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Geothermal HVAC

Infrastructure Upgrades Are Balancing Our Energy Budget

Thermal energy networks can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and improve community and public health challenges.
February 7, 2022
Jay Egg and Kristy Egg
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Healthier communities that stopped burning fossil fuels and no longer emit greenhouse gases are a result of thermal energy networks. 


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Geothermal HVAC

Plumbers Protect Our Health and Pipe Our Thermal Energy

Sustainable thermal energy networks can reduce peak electrical consumption in the summer and eliminate electrical spikes in the winter.
February 7, 2022
Jay Egg
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Properly implemented, these thermal energy networks will fill our city centers with sustainable energy solutions that will reduce peak electrical consumption dramatically in the summertime and eliminate electrical spikes in the wintertime.


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Geothermal HVAC

Hyperscale Data Centers Can Save Water and Energy

A better way to cool data processors is through fluid immersion cooling.
November 1, 2021
Jay Egg
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A better way to cool data processors is through fluid immersion cooling. 


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Geothermal HVAC

An Empty Rooftop is a Good Thing

Find out how you can eliminate HVAC equipment from the rooftops and outside of your clients’ buildings.
August 9, 2021
Jay Egg
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Find out how you can eliminate HVAC equipment from the rooftops and outside of your clients’ buildings with a geothermal system.
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Geothermal HVAC

Geothermal Energy Networks for PHCP Pros

The time is coming when energy companies will charge for BTUs exchanged rather than for fossil fuels combusted.
June 1, 2021
Jay Egg
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Before we know it, much like seeing a new water main or sewer main going into a downtown city street, we will see geothermal main lines installed in our communities. The time is coming when energy companies will charge for BTUs exchanged rather than for fossil fuels combusted.


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Geothermal HVAC

Empire State Plaza's Great Escape

Tradespeople who only work with fossil fuels must understand that heating can be accomplished with electrically driven heat pumps.
May 7, 2021
Jay Egg
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It is counterintuitive for tradespeople who work with boilers and know how to create heat through combustion of fossil fuels to understand that heating can be accomplished with electrically driven heat pumps.


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Geothermal HVAC

Plumbing Clean Heating and Cooling

The key to clean heating and cooling is in our plumbing infrastructure.
April 2, 2021
Jay Egg
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Water infrastructure under our streets and in our buildings is useful for a lot more than potable water and sanitary sewer.


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How New York's State Capital Switched Off Natural Gas

Four years of combined efforts to stop installation of gas turbines for clean, surface water coupled electric chillers have helped to change policy in New York.
February 8, 2021
Jay Egg
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The Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York, was the vision and legacy of New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
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