Geothermal heat pumps the answer for college: efficient and easy to install, maintain. (Design Solutions).(Chowan College)

Having purchased a local high-school facility that had been unoccupied for quite a while, Chowan College, a four-year Baptist college located in Murfreesboro, N.C., was faced with the challenge of adding air conditioning to the 15,000-sq-ft space without exceeding its construction budget or, even more importantly, its operating budget.

Johnny Brock, director of the college's physical plant, wanted a ground-source, closed-loop heat-pump system for the building, which houses a gymnasium, a strength-training room an aerobics room, and locker rooms. Ken Merola, PE, director of ...

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