GeoFarm™, an annual event organized by ClimateMaster Inc.’s manufacturer’s distributor Corken Steel Products Co. and geothermal driller Bucher Services, returned for its fifth consecutive year, attracting more than 300 HVAC contractors. The day-long event included a variety of comprehensive, hands-on opportunities for participants to learn about and observe all aspects of a geothermal system — from equipment specification, to loop-field drilling and trenching, to system controls programming.
“When we all got together to think through what an event like this might look like, we started with the question, ‘What would really help these guys embrace geothermal?’ We decided that hands-on learning, where our customers could not just see and touch but actually have the opportunity to help build a geothermal system from the ground up, was where to focus,” said Brian Stall, technical support and training manager at Corken Steel.