“The government is committed to taking a look at geothermal on its projects,” stated Bruce Kunkle, special project sales with mechanical contractor R.W. Mead & Sons, Fraser, MI, a member of the Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium (GHPC) and the Michigan Geothermal Energy Association. Due to a memorandum of understanding which the GHPC negotiated with the Postal Service, as well as other government entities, geothermal systems are now automatically considered for all new and retrofit hvac projects.
He then found two subcontractors with quite a bit of experience in the field - loop contractor Michigan Energy Services of Brighton, MI and drilling contractor Earth Energy Loop Systems of Dewitt, MI - and he was able to get his price down to a reasonable level.