Document Library
Available Downloads from CaliforniaGeo’s research and publication collection, plus website links.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory——————————————————
10-year Utility Bill Savings at Fort Polk by Geo, (Shonder & Hughes) 2005 50 pp DOWNLOAD
GeoVision Analysis Supporting Task Force Report on GHPs (Liu, Hughes, McCabe, Spitler, Southard) 2019 59 pp DOWNLOAD
Geo Heat Pumps: Market Status, & Overcoming Barriers (Hughes) 2008 40 pp DOWNLOAD
Hidden Treasure: Potential Benefits of Residential GSHP Retrofit (697 downloads)
ASHRAE Headquarters Retrofit Study GHP vs VRF in Atlanta, GA (ORNL + OSU) 110 pp DOWNLOAD
California Energy Commission——————————————————
Geo Heat Pump challenges in California: Project Negatherm (D. Murphy, USGBC) 2011 336 pp DOWNLOAD
EV-specific rate design snapshots among U.S. IOUs Lawrence Berkeley Lab 4/23 36pp DOWNLOAD
Presentation Outline for IEPR Workshop on GHPs (CEC Staff) Staff Workshop on Assembly Bill 2339 Requirements: Geothermal Heat Pump (GHP) Systems Potential for California (724 downloads)
Staff Workshop on AB 2339 GSHP Potential in California (P. Bony) Geothermal Heat Pump System Potential for California Net Zero Buildings (1714 downloads)
Geo Heat Pumps-101 (Meline Engineering) IEPR Session 1 Part 1 (485 downloads)
HVAC Equipment Ratings/Efficiency (S. Kavanaugh, PE) IEPR Session 1 Part 2 (622 downloads)
Performance of COMMERCIAL Ground Source Heat Pumps (S. Kavanaugh, PE) IEPR Session 1 Part 3 (581 downloads)
California’s low-temp Geo Heat Pump potential (W. Glassley, et al) Assessment of California’s Low Temperature Geothermal Resources: Geothermal Heat Pump Efficiencies by Region (1746 downloads)
Energy Star Buildings/Geo Heat Pumps, California & Beyond (L. Meline, PE) IEPR Session 1 Part 4 (542 downloads)
CEC EPIC/CPUC Lightning Talk for De-Carbonization via Geothermal Heat Pumps, Video 4:56 (B. Martin) 2020 DOWNLOAD
CEC & Related Regulatory————————————————————–
Environmental Issues Related to Geothermal Heat Pump Systems U.S. EPA (reviewed/approved by Nat Groundwater Asso.) Sept 1997 98pp DOWNLOAD
California’s last Nuke (Diablo Canyon) won’t close in 2025 due to grid challenges Sacto Bee 5-17-23 DOWNLOAD
CA Governor Newsom’s Climate Letter to the CARB 7-22-22 4pp DOWNLOAD
CA Dept of Water Resources: Building of a Geo Heat Exchange Well Standard (L. Meline) 2021 DOWNLOAD
In-Situ Study of Grout Materials (Susan Lackey, U. of Nebraska School of Nat. Resources) 20 pp 2009 DOWNLOAD
AB 2339 Policy Implementation (CEC Working Group) Draft Energy Commission Policy for Ground Source Heat Pumps (865 downloads)
CaliforniaGeo Inspired Legislation Assembly Bill No. 2339, CHAPTER 608 (0 downloads)
AB 2339 Fact Sheet DOWNLOAD
The Status of Geothermal Heat Pumps in California-How to Right the Sinking Ship (A. Hester, et al) 2015 9 pp DOWNLOAD
What AB 2339 Requires (CEC Staff) Transcript of Staff Workshop on Assembly Bill 2339 Requirements (738 downloads)
What Distinguishes GHPs from other HVAC (CEC Staff) Staff Paper: Geothermal Heat Pump and Ground Loop Technologies (885 downloads)
California Air Resources Board Climate Change Scoping Plan 2017 132 pp DOWNLOAD
Decarbonization of Heating Energy Use in California Buildings (Synapse Energy Economics) 2018 5 pp DOWNLOAD
California Green Building Standards Code (CA Building Standards Commission) 2016 194 pp DOWNLOAD
Title-24 2019 Energy Reach Code (City of Palo Alto) 44 pp DOWNLOAD
A Common Definition for Zero Energy Buildings (USDOE) 2015 22 pp DOWNLOAD
The Future of Gas Distribution in California (Energy+Environmental Economics) 2019 69 pp DOWNLOAD
Review of State Net Energy Metering & Rate Design (National Regulatory Research Institute) 2019 48 pp DOWNLOAD
New York State Clean Heat Statewide Heat Pump Incentive Program (NYSERDA) 2020, 41 pp DOWNLOAD
Push-Back against Time Dependent Valuation in Title-24, (B. Martin to CEC) 4-14-19 5 pp DOWNLOAD
Recovery of Utility Fixed Costs From Four Perspectives (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) 2016 96 pp DOWNLOAD
Scorecard of States’ Energy Programs (slowed by COVID) (URL for Amer Council for an Energy Eff. Economy) 2020 DOWNLOAD
A Zero-Energy Code for Commercial California Buildings beyond Title-24 (Architecture2030) 2018 11 pp DOWNLOAD
New Residential Zero Net Energy Action Plan 2015-2020 (CA Public Utility Comm. and CA Energy Comm.) 2015 5 pp DOWNLOAD
Update on AB32 Scoping Plan (California Air Resources Board) 2014 148 pp DOWNLOAD
Guidelines for Geothermal Heat Exchange Wells in Plumas County, CA (Dept of Environmental Health) 2003 7 pp DOWNLOAD
A Common Definition for Zero Energy Buildings (National Institute of Bldg. Sciences) 2015 22 pp DOWNLOAD
State Survey Summary of Geo Heating & Cooling Heat Exchangers (Ntnl Ground Water Asso, et al) 2o10 11 pp DOWNLOAD
Iowa De-Regulates its Energy Savings Expenditures for Electric and Gas Utilities (Karen Uhlenhuth in PowerGrid) July 2020 3 pp DOWNLOAD
Utilities————————————————————————————————
Electrification and Decarbonization Impacts on Gas Distribution Costs (S. Nadel) ACEEE June 2023 47pp DOWNLOAD
Stanford Study on gas stove chemicals and cancer risks EurekAlert 6-16-23 DOWNLOAD
Champion gas leaker SoCal Gas worked to reverse the Berkeley, CA gas ban! Sacto Bee 4-22-23 DOWNLOAD
It’s beginning: Residential rates with KW demand elements in NYC ConEd Letter DOWNLOAD
Fossil fuel generation dies in winter storms and cold weather Nat. Resources Defense Council-Utility Dive 1-30-23 DOWNLOAD
How a 3-state utility (Eversource) understands and promotes Geo Heat Pump technology video 2:24 WATCH VIDEO
Mountain vs Valley Geo Heat Pump Comparison (Truckee-Donner PUD & Sacto MUD) 1999 12 pp Monitored Ground Source Heat Pump Performance in Northern California (923 downloads)
Plumas-Sierra REC GeoHP Program Evaluation 2009 18 pp Evaluation, Measurement & Verification Report for Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative 2009 (732 downloads)
Utility Loop Lease On-Bill Financing (Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative) 2009 12 pp 2013 GeoExchange Exterior Loop Loan Program (717 downloads)
Plumas-Sierra REC Residential HVAC Rebate Application 2021 2 pp DOWNLOAD
Plumas-Sierra REC GeoExchange Loop Loan Program Summary 2009 13 pp DOWNLOAD
Geo Heat Pump Cost/Benefit Review (PG&E + Davis Energy Group) 2010 Zero Net Energy Program: Ground Coupled Heat Pump Technology Assessment (726 downloads)
Horizontally-Bored Residential Geo Heat Exchanger Case Study in Sacramento, CA (Sacto MUD) 2014 82 pp DOWNLOAD
Review of Exemplary Utility Energy Efficiency Programs (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) 2019 DOWNLOAD
Southern CA Edison Study of solar component cost in Title-24 all-electric buildings (Redwood Energy) 2019 14 pp DOWNLOAD
Efficient Electrification, (Electric Power Research Institute on community-scale geo heat pumps) Feb ’21 12 pp DOWNLOAD
PG&E Electric Rates 2021 and Beyond, Analysis & Commentary By a Solar Customer, (B. Martin, AI) 2020 6 pp DOWNLOAD
Utility-based Hi-Impact Multi-family Residential Efficiency Programs (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) 7-2-21 8 pp DOWNLOAD
A GeoGrid in Massachusetts replacing gas infrastructure (HEET, the Home Energy Efficiency Team) video 2:15 WATCH VIDEO
California Geothermal Heat Pump Association———————-
Application for a DOE Drilling Center w/equipment & training in the NE U.S. by IGSHPA 45pp May ’23 DOWNLOAD
PPI (Plastics Pipe Institute’s) New Specification MS-7 June ’23 27pp DOWNLOAD
Controversial “Grandson” of California’s Net Energy Metering arrives via CPUC 4-15-23 DOWNLOAD
Worries over upcoming CA Dept of Water Resources regulations over closed loop heat exchangers Bill Martin 80 pp 2023 DOWNLOAD
NYC Affordable & Efficient Apartments (story by Canary Media) 2-9-23 DOWNLOAD
High-Rise Multi-Family facility pioneers large scale geothermal wastewater heat exchange PMEngineer 12-20-22 7pp DOWNLOAD
No Miracle Tech Needed: Switch to Renewables at Lower Cost (Mark Z. Jacobson in The Hill 2022 DOWNLOAD
Solutions to global warming for 145 nations (Mark Z. Jacobson in the Royal Society of Chemistry) 6-9-22 118 pp DOWNLOAD
Determination and Methods for Thermal Conductivity Testing (T. Proffer, CGD) 2016 8 pp DOWNLOAD
Where Should the Test Borehole Go, and How Deep? (T. Proffer, CGD) 2020 3 pp DOWNLOAD
Pumping Hydraulics and Expansion Tank use in Geo Loop Systems (J. Hammond) 2017 15 pp DOWNLOAD
(Colorado) Closed Loop Ground Heat Exchangers & Aquifer Protection (T. Proffer, CGD) DOWNLOAD
Carbonless Zero Net Energy in the Northern Sierra- Geo + Solar 2021 3 pp (B. Martin, AI) DOWNLOAD
Assessment of Helical wide bore Geo Heat Exchange Loops Western Cooling Efficiency Center-UC Davis 2020 DOWNLOAD
Response to Pacific Gas & Electric Rate Application to CPUC, (B. Martin) 2020 4 pp DOWNLOAD
Health Threatening Air Pollution Emitted from Household Gas Appliances-Executive Summary, UCLA 2020 3 pp DOWNLOAD
Ground Loop Performance Testing at the Quincy ZNE House, (B. Martin) 2015 4pp DOWNLOAD
Design, Construction, and Performance of the Quincy ZNE House, (B. Martin) 2018 22 pp DOWNLOAD
Geo Heat Pump Design & Installation Standards (Condensed Contents) CSA/ANSI/IGSHPA C448 Series-16, 2017 9 pp DOWNLOAD
Demystifying Codes and Standards Affecting the Geo Industry and its materials. A CalGeo UNDERGROUND presentation by Lance MacNevin, October, 2021. (57:22) VIEW VIDEO
3rd Party Grout Analysis at Mission College, Santa Clara, CA, (T. Proffer) 2012 5 pp DOWNLOAD
Denver Housing Authority 209-unit Hirschfield Towers geo retrofit 2008 10 pp DOWNLOAD
Water Conservation via Submerged Plate Geo Heat Exchangers (Webinar delivered by Alan Watts) 2014 31 pp DOWNLOAD
Design & Installation Standards for Closed-Loop Geo Heat Pump Systems (Skouby & Meline for IGSHPA) 2014 28 pp DOWNLOAD
A Zero Net Energy Seminar features (A Lucky 13 videos) of the daylong 2015 session in San Jose, CA WEBSITE LINK
Miscellaneous———————————————————————————–
U.S. Solar PV System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark, NREL’s Feldman et al, 2021 120pp DOWNLOAD
Geo Micro-District Feasibility Study, HEET & BuroHappold Engineers 68pp 7/1/19 DOWNLOAD
We should Re-frame the Imprecision of R-values (James, Leaman, Hendricks) Journal of Light Construction 1pp 1-12-23 DOWNLOAD
Flooded City of Hoboken, NJ sues Big Oil using RICO statutes (featured in Grist.com) 5-19-23 DOWNLOAD
World’s deepest fixed wind turbine ocean foundation, Renewable Energy World.com DOWNLOAD
Simple Math could be key to solving our Climate Crisis Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone 4-2-23 5pp DOWNLOAD
There WAS a cleaner gas burner in the 1980s, but regulation didn’t demand it (Feature in NPR) 2-4-23 DOWNLOAD
Mass Timber Strategy (for construction) in the Northern Sierra, Sierra Institute 2021 114 pp DOWNLOAD
Exxon knew its Affects on Global Warming All Along McKibben 1-12-23 2pp DOWNLOAD
Electromagnetic interference with implanted cardiac pacemakers NIH Library of Medicine, Tikkaja, et al 11-1-12 DOWNLOAD
Billion dollar losses, Trillion dollar threats, A research report for PSE 49pp 10-19-22 DOWNLOAD
Mass timber & Other Wood Products in California, Redmore et all @Sierra Institute for Community & Environment 114pp 2021 DOWNLOAD
Mississippi River Pumped Westward for drought relief (an Engineer’s View) The Desert Sun 4pp 7-25-22 DOWNLOAD
The Hydrogen Blues, and Greens, and Grays; Fossil Fuels in Disguise? High Country News, 2 pp 7-1-22 DOWNLOAD
Toward Net Zero Emissions from Oregon Buildings (Synapse Energy Economics) for Sierra Club 2022 73 pp DOWNLOAD
The concentrating thermal power of Geo (even in northern Canada) Green Energy Futures 6:18 WATCH VIDEO
Harnessing Geo Heat Pumps for Efficiency & Climate Defense (Ellis & G.E.O.) 2020 56 pp DOWNLOAD
ASHRAE forms Task Force for Building Decarbonization 2021 DOWNLOAD
Geo Heat Pumps—Simply Efficient (American Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) 2019 11 pp DOWNLOAD
Berkeley, CA Fact Sheet on Electric Induction Cooking Appliances, -Lent 2019 DOWNLOAD
Charging Your Electric Vehicle (AM Conservation Group) 2019 31pp DOWNLOAD
Combating Climate Change through High-Performance Districts (Rocky Mtn Institute) 2020 DOWNLOAD
The Economics of Electrifying Buildings (S. Billimoria, et al, Rocky Mtn Institute) 2018 73 pp DOWNLOAD
Action Plan to Expand the Geo Heat Pump Market in North America (IGSHPA) 2017 28 pp DOWNLOAD
A Roadmap To Decarbonize California Buildings (Building Decarbonization Coalition) 2019 16 pp DOWNLOAD
Municipal Water-Based Geo Heat Pump Exchanger Feasibility (Bloomquist & Wegman, a USDOE Contract) 1998 70 pp DOWNLOAD
Implementing Geo Heat Pumps at U.S. Dept of the Navy (J.Carson III U. of Florida) 2000 116 pp DOWNLOAD
Pocket Guide to All-Electric Equipment Retrofits of Single Family Homes (Redwood Energy) 2021 91 pp DOWNLOAD
Life Cycle Cost Comparisons of Single Family Heating & Cooling in California Climate Zone 3 (Raghavan & Johnson, UCB) 2020 4 pp DOWNLOAD
Climate of Quincy, California (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) 1977 4 pp DOWNLOAD
Review of a Net Energy Metered 7.4 KW Solar PV Retrofit and Electricity Basics (Martin Energetics Website link)
Clean Infrastructure: Efficiency Investments for Jobs, Climate, and Consumers (Fact Sheet by American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) 6-21-21 3 pp DOWNLOAD
Climate Change Terminology used at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland 2021 Washington Post 3pp DOWNLOAD
Related Websites—————————————————————————–
REDWOOD ENERGY MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DESIGN
PLASTICS PIPE INSTITUTE (High Density PolyEthylene Pipe Products Used in Geo Heat Pump Applications)
THE GEO EXCHANGE ORGANIZATION, G.E.O. (The Voice of the Geothermal Heat Pump Industry)
INTERNATIONAL GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP ASSOCIATION (The Original Research-Education-Training Organization)
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Energy Science Division
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, Energy Basics
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING, REFRIGERATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEERS (ASHRAE)
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD
BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR (CAISO, grid manager for most of California’s Electricity)
WESTERN COOLING EFFICIENCY CENTER, (University of California at Davis)
NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NYSERDA)
AIA CALIFORNIA DECARBONIZATION & AFFORDABLE HOUSING ROUND TABLE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING DECARBONIZATION COALITION
CALIFORNIA SOLAR + STORAGE ASSOCIATION
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE
CalEPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM