GET UNDER MY LAWN: Drill rigs like this one can operate at 8 feet and — paired with an operator trained specifically for the job — can suffice for many residential geothermal direct exchange projects.

When Terri was looking to downsize from her home in Austin, Texas, she discovered Whisper Valley – a sustainable, net-zero capable planned community under development just 20 minutes east of downtown.

On a rainy spring day, a drill rig punched hundreds of feet into the earth, spilling muddy water out onto a dirt lot at the University of Louisville, where a new engineering school will soon stand.

Ralph Waldo Emerson never said "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." The mousetrap that likely inspired the misquote was invented seven years after his death.

WAHPETON, N.D. - Players scrimmaging on the football field at the Circle of Nations School probably have no idea they're trampling over parts of the campus cooling-and-heating system. But there's no ...

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA — This geothermal rescue was for a closed loop geothermal system that was seriously overheating during the cooling season. This system had ten vertical loops that served 11 heat ...

Which makes this Eavor-Loop technology a bit of a unicorn. Essentially it's a low-enthalpy geothermal station that sends fluid through a sealed loop in a way that self-perpetuates without adding any ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — When it comes to hearing “it just can’t be done,” Oklahoma City-based Ideal Homes couldn’t be more welcoming of the challenge. Titian Burris, pictured here, worked for several years ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Dandelion aims to save you money while helping to save the planet. The company, spun off into its own business from Google’s experimental “X” unit for so-called “moonshots,” sells ...

Millions of US citizens still use oil and natural gas to heat their homes during the winter. Many would like to switch to geothermal, a cleaner and ultimately cheaper system that leverages the natural ...

They say when you’re in a hole, stop digging. But according to the Environmental Protection Agency, digging deep holes, or more accurately drilling them, is the most energy efficient, cost effective ...

Vancouver International Airport is the largest facility in British Columbia and requires a lot of heating and cooling. Those needs will be increased by a $300 million expansion designed to add 300,000 ...