To Marcia Acita
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson NY

From Chris Taylor
Atchison County Historical Society
Atchison, Kansas

As opposed to the "Iceland" answers I saw this morning, I assume you are referring to using a Geothermal Heat Pump System - uses circulating water in buried underground loops as basis for temperature control.

We installed a Geothermal Heat Pump system in our off-site archival storage facility last fall, along with humidity addition and removal systems. We contacted our local HVAC contractors until we found one interested in promoting use of this technology. They helped us develop the
proposal to use for writing grants and fund raising.

It cost about $4,000 more than a conventional heat-pump system and the contractor had to get some additional training to learn about installing it, but the estimate is, it will save around 40% of heating and cooling costs.  The only other local person we found who has a geothermal
heat-pump system in a home in the area is heating/cooling a large home for about $75 a month.

We did not have an extremely cold winter this year, but so far our highest bill (for a constant 72 degrees) has been $60, $21 this month, the building itself before we installed any climate controls was costing us $17 a month last year for electricity. Hope that is helpful, feel
free to contact me off list if you would like specifics on size and type of unit etc.

Marcia Acita wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am interested to know of any museums that use geothermal technology
> for heating and cooling.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Marcia Acita
> Assistant Director
> Center for Curatorial Studies Museum
> Bard College
> Annandale-on-Hudson NY
>
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