Help Acton Plan for a Clean Energy Future!

Networked Geothermal is a clean heating and cooling option that can use existing underground natural gas pipe infrastructure as a map to connect nearby buildings on a geothermal loop supporting neighborhood-wide transitions off fossil fuels. 

A geothermal system uses wells, piping and pumps to pull the earth's heat out of the ground to warm buildings in winter and pump heat from buildings back into the ground in summer to cool them. It is considered the most efficient heating and cooling technology.

Paid for by their utilities, pilot projects in other MA communities including Framingham and Lowell are demonstrating utility-scale transitions to networked geothermal solutions.

Do you want your neighborhood to be a pilot?

The Town of Acton Sustainability Office received a grant to assess community energy needs and interest in networked geothermal and we want your input! Visit bit.ly/actongeosurvey to complete our 5-minute survey and be entered to win a $25 gift card to Westside Creamery!

To learn more about the Gas-To-Geo transition and networked geothermal, visit: www.heet.org/what-is-gas-to-geo.

Networked Geothermal and Gas Leak Webinar

Check out the recording of Acton's Networked Geothermal webinar below! This webinar was hosted with HEET and shares information on the Town's gas leak tracking webpage and explains networked geothermal systems work!