Geothermal for the Built Environment

Google's Approach to Decarbonizing the Built Environment - Asim Tahir, Google; Dr. Rob Best, Arup; Eric Solrain, Integral Group Google’s approach to district energy for its development projects applies circular economy principles to increase resource recovery and decarbonize the built environment. The first of these projects, Bay View, is currently under construction and has the largest geo-energy pile system in North America. Additional projects applied variations to this design including geo-energy bore holes under mat foundations and TES to meet the aspirations while respecting the specific opportunities and constraints of each project.
Speakers.
Dr. Rob Best, Senior Engineer, Energy & Sustainability, Arup
Asim Tahir, District & Renewable Energy Lead, Google
Eric Solrain, Senior Principal, US West Engineering Design Leader, Integral Group