LakeView RecPlex Aqua Arena Geothermal

Designed to a LEED Silver Standard, the LakeView RecPlex Aqua Arena accomplished a part of their level of sustainability by somewhat standard means for new construction on a new site, including but not limited to credits for:

• Optimized Energy Performance
• Thermal Comfort and Controllability
• Increased Ventilation and other Air Quality considerations
• Increased insulation values
• Construction Waste Management
• Use of locally sourced materials
• Use of materials with recycled content
• Water Efficiency

But this project’s most innovative energy saving feature is its use of a lake based geothermal system, consisting of nearly 12 miles of coiled tubing, placed at the bottom of Lake Andrea to heat and cool the new addition and heat its 700,000 gallons of water to achieve nearly 50% savings in energy costs.