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A Syracuse engineering firm has recommended that the city of Watertown, New York purchase a geothermal heating system to heat and cool City Hall and the neighboring library. The project would have a higher upfront cost then just replacing the aging HVAC multizone system with a more traditional one, but a geothermal system is expected to save the city over $18.000 a year in energy costs.

If the city decides to proceed with the project, a water-looping system would be installed to take advantage of constant temperatures 4 to 6 feet below ground to heat buildings in winter and cool them in summer. The annual savings from a geothermal system could rise significantly, up to $33,000 a year, if the city also proceeds with upgrades to windows, roofs and walls of both buildings.

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John Stock, a 75 year old resident of Bretton House has apparently raised a 50 name petition from all the angry residents who are unhappy with the new heating system upgraded by St Leger Homes at his estate around a month ago.
To upgrade the heating system, the old heating system in Stock's airing cupboard has been replaced by 2 copper pipes. It has become a nuisance for the old man as now it takes at least 3 days for the clothes to dry off. This has become a pain not only for Mr. Stock but for all other residents, thanks to the new heating system.
Therefore, it is easier for Mr. Stock to get the petition signed from all the distressed residents of the estate. This petition was given to Doncaster Central MP Rosie Winterton who was aware of the ongoing problem in the estate. She also sent a engineer to check upon the newly installed heating system.

Energyharvestingjournal.com reported that Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been working on building a heating system that can turn waste into energy. The heating system aims to use heat from industrial waste and transform it into electricity. The highly efficient heating system function as an energy convertor and it cools different objects while it produces electricity. This makes the heating system under development a great opportunity for energy saving.

The director of the program, Hunter, says that the heat system can be used to efficiently convert heat energy from waste products, and deployed to cool high-end electronic objects such as high-performance computer chips. The heat system is primarily based on the concept of pyroelectricity, and it aims to make pyroelectricity feasible by converting greater amounts of thermal energy into electricity.

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