by Emma Davey 
Though the 1 Java building has been in the works for years, Lendlease, the project’s Australian-based developer, recently announced a new initiative that makes it different from other similar high rises — geothermal energy.
Upon its completion, 1 Java will be “the largest residential apartment complex in the U.S. to be heated by geothermal energy,” CNBC reports.
Lendleasefirst purchased the site in October 2020. The purchase required Lendlease to renovate the India Street…
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if I was them, I would have an emergency nat grid hook up in case the new system goes kaput, which as history and Murphy law has taught us will happen.
just a question for you ,how many times can you burn a cubic yard of natural gas and then were does the next one come from let alone what do we do about the negative impacts on the environment and people if we maintain the status quo ? coming from a person who has worked in the natural gas production business and also owns the drilling company doing the project at 1 java we currently have close to 400 systems operational some for almost twenty years all working without gas backup.
Love this idea. In Iceland, everyone is on geothermal, and no one pays a utility bill for it. In the winter, you just leave the window open a bit if it gets too hot inside. Very cool, I love the idea of this mode of energy delivery.