UMass Chan Medical School is betting big on geothermal heating and cooling to slash the greenhouse gas emissions from the newest addition to its Worcester campus, a $325 million research and education complex.
Shawmut Design and Construction and its subcontractors recently wrapped up drilling 75 holes, each 500 ft deep and six inches in dia., through the bedrock under the planned 9-story building, work on which began nearly a year ago, said Kevin Sullivan, executive vice president for New England at Shawmut Design and Construction.