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Resolution to Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from the U.S. Department of Energy to support a Community Geothermal Installation in the Bryant Neighborhood and to Approve an Assistance Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy ($10,778,167.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for review and consideration is a resolution to authorize the acceptance and appropriation of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the creation of the City's first networked geothermal system in the Bryant neighborhood. This resolution also authorizes the signing of an Assistance Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to implement said project.
In late 2023, the City of Ann Arbor's Office of Sustainability and Innovations (OSI) won a planning grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design a district energy system in the Bryant neighborhood capable of reducing thermal heating and cooling load by 75% (R-23-378). The design project involved extensive engagement with the residents of the Bryant neighborhood, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Washtenaw County, IMEG, Community Action Network, Midwest Geothermal Energy Association, International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 252, U.A. Local 190, Michigan Energy Services, Arbor Consultants, D4 Consultants, Midwest Geothermal, DTE Gas, and the University of Michigan. Through the project, the team was able to design a system capable of providing all the heating and cooling load for the residents of the Bryant neighborhood and, when stacked with energy efficiency and other renewable energy deployment, the designed system will be capable of reducing energy usage and associated costs for Bryant residents by over 70%.
Upon completion of the project design, OSI and collaborators submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy to fund a portion of the designed system. Specifically, OSI applied to build a well field and pump house capable of power...
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