Optimisation of shallow geothermal systems for Australian schools

该项目旨在通过优化澳大利亚学校的浅层地热系统来提高能源效率并减少温室气体排放。浅层地热系统利用地面作为供暖和制冷的热源和汇。它们应用于学校，有可能从运动场等未开发的资源中利用能源，减少高达75%的能源消耗，并提高我们孩子在学校的舒适度和生产力。该项目的预期结果是按照先进的优化模型创建全尺寸物理模型，这将允许更好地了解能源效率收益，并导致改进针对教育建筑量身定做的地热设计技术。

This project aims to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by optimising shallow geothermal systems in Australian schools. Shallow geothermal systems use the ground as a heat source and sink for heating and cooling. Their application to schools has the potential to harness energy from untapped resources such as sport grounds, reduce energy consumption by up to 75% and increase comfort and productivity of our children at school. An expected outcome of this project is to create a full scale physical model along advanced optimisation models which will allow better understanding of energy efficiency gains, and lead towards improving geothermal design techniques tailored to educational buildings.