Comminty Geothermal: Planning and Design of a Heating and Cooling System in Framingham, Massachusetts

Varela Gutierrez, Isabel; Magavi, Zeyneb; Kleinginna, Mark; Bosworth, Eric; Kirk, Clare; Watters, Grace; Urlaub, Brian; Oelze, Megan; Luz, Shawn; Taliep, Phaldie; Paolini, James; Bruno, Nikki

doi:10.15121/2448376

Title: Comminty Geothermal: Planning and Design of a Heating and Cooling System in Framingham, Massachusetts

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These reports, plans, and drawings review the achievements of Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) and its partners to plan and design a network of interconnected ground-source heat pump systems, or geothermal network, in an area encompassing multiple environmental justice (EJ) neighborhoods in the City of Framingham, MA. The materials provided in this dataset include, a) stakeholder and design best practices, b) study on optimal method to interconnect geothermal loops, c) guidelines for monitoring and metering, d) operations and maintenance plans, e) permitting guidelines and f) 10-day driller tutorial curriculum. These materials can guide the efficient and ethical design of future geothermal networks nationwide. The capacity of the system is estimated at 217 tons and is designed to provide 100% of heating and cooling needs for the buildings connected to the loop. In this project, 80 boreholes are used as the main thermal resources, the distribution system (or loop) consists of 0.61 miles of an 8-inch single-pipe at ambient temperature, with the capacity to connect 44 buildings, including 13 apartment buildings from the Framingham Housing Authority, one transitional home, one school building and 29 single family homes. While Framingham already has a geothermal network loop that is currently in the commissioningmore »« less

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Varela Gutierrez, Isabel; Magavi, Zeyneb; Kleinginna, Mark; Bosworth, Eric; Kirk, Clare; Watters, Grace; Urlaub, Brian; Oelze, Megan; Luz, Shawn; Taliep, Phaldie; Paolini, James; Bruno, Nikki

Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET)

Publication Date:: Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024

Other Number(s):: 1672

DOE Contract Number:: EE0010662

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-4G)

Collaborations:: Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET)

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; Framingham; GSHP; HEET; Massachusetts; commGeo; community; cooling; design; energy; environmental justice; expansion loop; geothermal; ground source heat pump; heating; interconnected loops; maintenance; metering; monitoring; operations; permitting; plan; report; stakeholder

OSTI Identifier:: 2448376

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/2448376

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                    Varela Gutierrez, Isabel, Magavi, Zeyneb, Kleinginna, Mark, Bosworth, Eric, Kirk, Clare, Watters, Grace, Urlaub, Brian, Oelze, Megan, Luz, Shawn, Taliep, Phaldie, Paolini, James, and Bruno, Nikki. Comminty Geothermal: Planning and Design of a Heating and Cooling System in Framingham, Massachusetts.  United States: N. p., 2024. 
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                    Varela Gutierrez, Isabel, Magavi, Zeyneb, Kleinginna, Mark, Bosworth, Eric, Kirk, Clare, Watters, Grace, Urlaub, Brian, Oelze, Megan, Luz, Shawn, Taliep, Phaldie, Paolini, James, & Bruno, Nikki. Comminty Geothermal: Planning and Design of a Heating and Cooling System in Framingham, Massachusetts.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/2448376

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                    Varela Gutierrez, Isabel, Magavi, Zeyneb, Kleinginna, Mark, Bosworth, Eric, Kirk, Clare, Watters, Grace, Urlaub, Brian, Oelze, Megan, Luz, Shawn, Taliep, Phaldie, Paolini, James, and Bruno, Nikki. 2024.  
"Comminty Geothermal: Planning and Design of a Heating and Cooling System in Framingham, Massachusetts".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/2448376.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2448376. Pub date:Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024

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@article{osti_2448376,

  title        = {Comminty Geothermal: Planning and Design of a Heating and Cooling System in Framingham, Massachusetts},

  author       = {Varela Gutierrez, Isabel and Magavi, Zeyneb and Kleinginna, Mark and Bosworth, Eric and Kirk, Clare and Watters, Grace and Urlaub, Brian and Oelze, Megan and Luz, Shawn and Taliep, Phaldie and Paolini, James and Bruno, Nikki},

  abstractNote = {These reports, plans, and drawings review the achievements of Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) and its partners to plan and design a network of interconnected ground-source heat pump systems, or geothermal network, in an area encompassing multiple environmental justice (EJ) neighborhoods in the City of Framingham, MA. The materials provided in this dataset include, a) stakeholder and design best practices, b) study on optimal method to interconnect geothermal loops, c) guidelines for monitoring and metering, d) operations and maintenance plans, e) permitting guidelines and f) 10-day driller tutorial curriculum. These materials can guide the efficient and ethical design of future geothermal networks nationwide. The capacity of the system is estimated at 217 tons and is designed to provide 100% of heating and cooling needs for the buildings connected to the loop. In this project, 80 boreholes are used as the main thermal resources, the distribution system (or loop) consists of 0.61 miles of an 8-inch single-pipe at ambient temperature, with the capacity to connect 44 buildings, including 13 apartment buildings from the Framingham Housing Authority, one transitional home, one school building and 29 single family homes. While Framingham already has a geothermal network loop that is currently in the commissioning stage, our proposed project is unique because it is the first utility-led expansion loop (2nd loop) project that will connect to an adjacent existing geothermal loop (1st loop) in a pre-existing neighborhood. Both the 1st and 2nd loops are being installed, owned and operated by Eversource Energy, the utility Deployment Partner.},

  doi          = {10.15121/2448376},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 UTC 2024},

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