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| The City of Boise posts plaques on the buildings around town that use geothermal energy. COURTESY CITY OF BOISE |
The City of Boise is looking to expand its use of geothermal heating by twenty percent.
The City has applied for a junior water right that would allow for an additional 75-million gallons of geothermal water per year, making the total water right 385-million gallons.
The goal is to add two or three large buildings each year to the grid which equates to roughly 10-million gallons of geothermal water.
The number of government and commercial buildings using geothermal heat is 91 with over 5-million square feet being heated.
Buildings most recently added to the Geothermal District are the new Marriott hotel downtown, the Idaho State Historical Building, and Jack’s Urban Meeting Place.
