Environmental friendly thermal energy storage (TES) solutions are gaining ground
throughout the world. Many novel options, such as utilizing solar radiation collectors, reusing …

Over the last few decades, great deals on ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been
broadly addressed. Various systems of GSHP have been employed worldwide for …

The advancement of technology and renewable energy systems (RES) have evolved
considerably through the years. Geothermal energy was first introduced in Italy in 1904 and …

This authoritative guide provides a basis for understanding the emerging technology of
ground source heating and cooling. It equips engineers, geologists, architects, planners and …

This position paper was developed by members of the task force on “Energy Geostructures”
of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) …

Available analytical models for the thermal analysis of ground source heat pumps (GSHPs)
either neglect groundwater flow or axial effects. In the present study a new analytical …

Energy piles are heat capacity systems that have been increasingly exploited to provide
both supplies of energy and structural support to civil structures. The energy and …

Single borehole heat exchanger (BHE) and arrays of BHE are modeled by using the finite
element method. The first part of the paper derives the fundamental equations for BHE …

Boreholes and energy piles coupled with ground source heat pump plants utilize renewable
geothermal energy for buildings heating and cooling purposes and need proper design and …

The thermal use of the shallow subsurface is increasingly being promoted and implemented
as one of many promising measures for saving energy. A series of questions arises …