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Geothermal Piles
May Gurney's latest sustainable construction initiative is its newly
developed geothermal pile, which has been successfully trialled on site at
Ferrybridge in Yorkshire.
New government regulations, which came into effect in April 2006, have
tipped the balance by requiring developers to source a percentage of the
energy requirements for new buildings from within the site itself.
Using an environmentally efficient method, geothermal pipes are installed
within piles. These piles facilitate water flow to transfer energy from the
ground into the building's heating and cooling system. Integral pipe work is
installed within the reinforcing cage in the pile foundations, using bored
holes.
May Gurney provides a service to liaise with geothermal suppliers and
construction companies to install geothermal pipe work into pile
foundations. This provides the infrastructure for geothermal installations
to be built in as part of the building's heating and cooling requirements.
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