Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date April 14, 2011
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Swarthmore College
IN-1: Innovation 1

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Ralph Thayer
Director of Maintenance
Facilities Management
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A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome :
A novel alternative to digging a series of wells for ground source heat pumps was to tap the College's nearby underground chilled water loop thereby accomplishing the same capacity as a heat sink without the expense and disturbance that drilling wells would have required.

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A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
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The website URL where information about the innovation is available :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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