Sustainability in the Finger LakesGeothermal at Hunt Country Vineyards

Kevin MoravecMoravec Geothermal

History of Hunt Country Vineyards

42 Years of Thought

Award Winning Wine

Emphasis on Local

Building design for energy reduction

Sustainability is 1st thought

Geothermal for cost savings

Plans for wind and Solar

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Geothermal as replacement for propane and oil

One main system for 4 buildings

Return on Investment Reliability of system Flexibility of Design

Vision

NYSERDA – AEEP R17 Grant – 75% funding

ESS – Design/engineering/support

BMI – Geothermal Drilling/Install

DEI – Installation, service

MG – Coordination/communication

Hunt Country – Initiative and willingness to say “YES!”

Players

ESS DESIGN Common Loop

Design “Node” based

distribution of Antifreeze

3 Heat Pump Banks, 6 Total Heat Pumps

Piping between buildings

Control Strategy Possibility of

Expansion

Plan

Process – The Source

Location of Wells – 8 Wells, 400’ deep

Drilled at rate of 6.5’/Min 1.25” HDPE, Thermal Grout Approximately 21 Tons of

Capacity Completed in just under 3

Days Average EWT is currently 46

Degrees

The Well Field serves a single GV Series Flow Center by Phoenix Energy which in turn serves 6 total water to water heat pumps scattered over an acre of land

Process – Source Distribution

Piping Size varied between 3” and 2” to reduce pressure drop and reduce pumping energy

Each “NODE” is served by zone valves

A call for heating/cooling opens a Valve

The flow center maintains the right pressure to provide the correct flow

Two 4 ton W/W Heat Pumps

Wilo VFD Pumps Storage Tank Control

Process – Tasting Building Mechanical

Building served by existing under floor Radiant

Addition of High Wall mounted Mulitaqua fan coils – 5 Total

Replaced 20 yr old boiler, 4 Mitsubishi Mini split Systems

Ability to Cool space with 75+ People – unable to do so with Air Source previously

Process – Tasting RoomDistribution of Energy

Space used as storage for Wine, Bottling Facility, Red Wine Fermentation Control

Two 4 Ton W/W Zone Valve for “on/off” Distributes to 2 air

handlers – IN TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS!

Domestic Hot Water for cleaning

Process – Bottling and Storage Mechanical

Distributes to 2 air handlers…

IN TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS!

Process – Bottling and Storage Distribution

Photo slide in of Building 2

Photo slide in of Building 3

Process – Bottling and Storage Distribution continued...

Photo slide in of Red Wine Vat

Photo slide in of Valve Process

We were asked a question during the installation process

“Can we heat our red wine to start Fermentation?”

Process – Production Facility

Radiant Slab Air Handler Domestic Hot

Water

Future Use will include Chiller Replacement

Process – Production Facility

NYSERDA Grant required M&V for release of Funds

Savings in First Year of Use = $12,000.00+ Savings in Second Year of Use =

$14,000.00+ Total Electric Consumption of Property was

actually reduced in 1st year and stayed the same for 2nd year.

Total Electric Cost in year 1 for property was $24,000.00. Year 2 was $30,000 for property for same KW usage but 23% hike in rates

Results

Spring of 2015 Brings the next Phase of Hunt Country Vineyards journey

100KW of PV will be installed to offset 80% of the properties usage

Next Step

Future is in this room

6 examples of what geo is capable of

Where it goes and what we do with it…..

Conclusion