Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

This two-day course, a collaboration between the HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team) and MIT, focused on "Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System" during the Independent Activities Period (IAP) in January 2025.

Syllabus

Session Introduction: Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System
Session 1-1: A Systems View of the Energy Transition and Role of Methane Emissions
Session 1-2: Carbon Reduction Pathways for Building Stocks
Session 1-3: Health Impacts of Methane ("Natural") Gas Systems
Session 2-1: An Ecological View of the Energy Transition
Session 2-2: How GENs Can Meet Environmental Justice Priorities
Session 2-3: How GENs Arose out of Moms Organizing to Protect Their Children's Future
Session 3-1: Policy Case Study on the WARMTH Act
Session 3-3: The (Geo) Thermal Energy Networks: U.S. Policy Landscape
Session 3-4: Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal
Session 4-1: Networked Geothermal: The European Experience
Session 4-2: Deploying Geothermal Networks At City and Country Scale: Utility Perspective on Scaling
Session 4-3: Business Models for Community Networked Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Session 4-4: Expanding Geothermal Energy Networks at a Global Scale
Session 5-1: Introduction to Geothermal Heat Pumps
Session 5-2: Differences Between Geothermal Heat Pumps and GEN
Session 5-3: Introduction to Design of GENs
Session 6-2: Emerging Code & Standards for Ambient Temperature Loops
Session 6-3: Introduction to Drilling Geothermal Boreholes
Session 6-4: Constructing and Commissioning of a GEN
Session 7-2: Learning from Geothermal Energy Networks
Session 7-3: Techno-Economic Modeling of GENs with HEATNETS Model
8-4: Intro to the MIT Thermal Energy Networks Plan for Rapid, Cost-Effective Campus Decarbonization
Session 8-1: ATL District Systems Overview
Session 8-2: Framingham, Massachusetts UTEN Pilot Project Overview
Session 8-3: Thermal Energy Network Evolution of the Penn South Community in Manhattan