Greetings Friends,
You're invited to the next Gridworks Happy Hour!
On Thursday Jan 23rd, we will be hosting a Happy Hour
and community discussion about Geothermal Heat Pumps and their expanding role
in the building decarbonizing. This informal opportunity to consider new
approaches for CO2 reductions in the building energy sector will be held on:
- Date: Thursday
January 23, 2020
- Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
The speaker/facilitator is Kevin Kitz, a member of the Board
of Directors of the Geothermal Resources Council in Davis, and a 35 year
professional in the geothermal industry. The goal of the session will be
to exchange ideas on achieving the mass deployment of Geothermal Heat Pumps
(“GHP” aka, passive geothermal energy).
There will be both a presentation of ideas and the community
discussion. Topics will include:
- Economy of Scale as the key barrier to GHP deployment
- Hybrid systems of Air Source Heat Pumps and GHPs as a way to reduce capital cost and time shift grid loads in both heating and cooling
- Rate-base of geothermal ground loops for commercial and/or residential systems
- Ideas on how to evaluate GHP in a utility model.
We look forward to seeing you
there, and to starting a conversation that can lead to new inspiration and
further evaluation of policies, opportunities, and projects.
Location
WeWork Oakland is located at 1111 Broadway, Oakland CA 94607
(map)
WeWork Work Conference Room 4J
Room 4J is accessible by taking the elevator up to Floor 3,
entering through the double doors
and going up the staircase to Floor 4. Elevator access to
Floor 4 requires a badge. Gridworks staff will be present on Floor 3 to help
direct you.
On ascending to Floor 4 take a right down the hallway and 4J
will be the large room on your right.
If you have any associates who would be interested in
attending as well, you can contact proche@gridworks.org to
send them an official invite.
