Geothermal energy piles (GEPs) are an environmentally friendly energy source which utilise
the low-grade heat energy present in the shallow earth surface to provide heating and/or …

Greenhouse gas emissions produced by fossil fuels are causing a slow change of the
climate's conditions. Air conditioning systems in engineering superstructures demand a …

Energy piles, a new type of heat exchanger that serves dual purposes, have gained
increasing attention due to the growing energy demand and corresponding carbon …

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) …

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 …

A small-scale pile has been developed in the laboratory to investigate the thermo-
mechanical behavior of energy piles subjected to a significant number of thermal cycles. The …

Geothermal energy piles utilize the almost constant ground temperature at shallow depths
below the ground surface to heat and/or cool built structures. Heat is extracted from and/or …

Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) are widely used for cooling and heating buildings,
which can reduce the burning of fossil fuels and contribute to the reduction of carbon …

Energy piles constitute a combination of ground source heat pump and building pile
foundation technology. Energy piles can not only exchange heat with soil and extract …

Although end-bearing energy pile foundations subjected to symmetrical thermal cycles have
been extensively studied in the laboratory and in the field, the mechanisms underlying the …