TVA Ag and Foresty Fund, NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

The purpose of this blog is to inform and report on the progress of a Work Project At Haywood Community College in Western NC.

We have received funds to accomplish the following things:

1.  Develop a demonstration vegetable pre-cooling unit based on geothermal cooling.

2.  Document the cost saving of geothermal cooling to traditional methods of pre-cooling.

3.  Create a professional workforce development program on geothermal cooling in general for residences and agricultural applications.

4.  Create an educational unit on geothermal heating and cooling within a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) curriculum certificate.