Hot, Cool, Clean - Clean Heating and Cooling Opportunities for Massachusetts Municipalities

The plan As residents and businesses in Massachusetts recommends achieving a 1.1 percent reduction without existing cooling systems install air from growing the CH&C market in the state to conditioning for the first time, air-source and ground- expedite the decarbonization of the building sector’s source heat pumps, which are much more efficient heating and cooling loads. [...] In this arrangement, either the company purchases and operates the geothermal well field and the building operator purchases the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, or the company purchases and operates the entire geothermal HVAC system on behalf of the customer. [...] The value of tax attributes and AECs would offset the cost of the contract, and the facility owner could have the option to buy the system at the end of the initial contract term. [...] The Walpole Public Library’s Date of System Installation: 2012 GSHP and other green features earned it LEED Gold certification, and the resulting supplemental MBLC System Performance: Library staff members were grant funding offset the cost of the technology and pleased with the performance of the ground-source the certification process. [...] CONSIDER THE BUILDING When identifying a facility for CH&C technologies, consider the size and energy intensity of the building, the geographic characteristics, and the current heating fuel type.