N.J. land conservancy group switches to geothermal

In New Jersey, the headquarters building of the state’s Land Conservancy has cut its use of heating oil and its energy bill in half by switching to geothermal energy. The use of fossil fuels in the building should drop from about 1,500 to 100 gallons a year. The system uses a 600 foot-deep well drilled last month to pump water which is used to heat and cool the building located in Wild Acres Preserve. The $63,000 project was covered nearly in full by a $50,000 grant from the F.M. Kirby Foundation.