Land Conservancy walks the talk with new ground source system

In New Jersey, the state’s Land Conservancy has installed a new geothermal heating and cooling system in its WildAcres Preserve headquarters in Montville Township. A grant from the F.M. Kirby Foundation paid for the system, which the Conservancy says will reduce their energy bills by 50%. The system uses a 580-foot water well, which took about a week to complete, with a pump placed 100 feet down. The water, which remains a consistent 55 degrees year-round, is pumped into the building’s new heat exchangers.