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.

GEO HOOD: Large, planned developments, like the 600-acre Norton Commons (pictured), can sustain the upfront costs of geothermal through economies of scale. “The large-scale guys have it figured out; ...

Dear Jim: I should replace my old heating/cooling system with a more efficient one. With gas prices going up, shortages of propane, etc., is installing a geothermal heat pump wise and what types are ...

-- A geothermal heating and cooling system has been installed in a home in the township, perhaps the first of many to come. The environmentally friendly system replaces the propane that once heated ...

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 ...

Cudahy resident Morgan Gottschalk sees gas and electric prices only going up, so he’s building a home that will have no gas lines and will generate most of its own electricity. How? Through geothermal ...

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.

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 ...