Green buildings, also known as sustainable buildings, are structures that use valuable resources such as energy, water, materials, and land more efficiently than buildings that are simply built to code. Green buildings are kind to the environment, and provide healthy, comfortable, productive indoor spaces. For the construction industry, this issue of green building will only continue to grow in importance - whether it's because of regulatory requirements, the cost of energy going up, the impact of construction on storm water and wetlands, spills and diesel emissions from construction, construction and demolition debris, the impact on habitat and endangered species, sprawl and air quality implementation plans, or other issues.

Geothermal Energy

Univerity Heights is the featured development for Exchangenergy who will be providing the geothermal energy for the project.

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What is a geothermal system and how does it work?

EXCHANGENERGY GeoExchange systems move the Earth's energy into your residential or commercial space. By “moving “ heat as opposed to creating it through combustion or electrical resistance, GeoExchange systems reduce energy consumption by up to 75%! In practice, EXCHANGENERGY has exceeded 80% savings with radiant floors.

What makes a geoexchange heating & cooling system by EXCHANGENERGY different from others? We design our systems to run on geothermal 100% of the time, we do not use supplementary heat. Emergency heating is usually installed (required by code), but is not connected into the control strategy, maximizing system efficiency.

GeoExchange systems can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 75%, with significantly lower maintenance costs and a longer life cycle.