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CC’s Renovated Building Is Largest Academic Library To Achieve Net-Zero Construction

Colorado College's Tutt Library is the largest academic library to achieve net-zero construction. Beneath the quad in the background is a geothermal energy field consisting of 80 wells, each 400 feet deep and five and a half inches wide, which function as a heat exchanger for the reversible geothermal heat pump that provides both heating and cooling in the library. Photo by Jennifer Coombes.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Colorado College has completed a $45 million library renovation, making it the largest academic library to achieve net-zero construction, a milestone achieved despite the addition of approximately 25,000 square feet and…


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