Aspen School District Geothermal Energy Project

planned

The Aspen School District is installing the first section of a thermal energy network that will connect and provide heating and cooling to three instructional, administrative, and athletic buildings totaling over 400,000 square feet of conditioned space. The project involves installing geothermal heat pumps to harness the below-ground temperature of the Earth to provide significantly decarbonized heating and cooling by shifting most HVAC systems to highly efficient ground source heat pumps connected to a central loop and borefield. This will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, promote energy autonomy, and stabilize long-term energy and operational costs by switching fuel to electricity as the main energy source.