COMMUNITY GEOTHERMAL

The Accelerate Group is helping to lead a Chicago-based coalition of community, city, labor, and energy leaders to evaluate and demonstrate an equitable and just transition to building decarbonization in dense, urban environments in cold climates. The coalition seeks to deploy shared community geothermal networks within the City of Chicago in order to demonstrate the Better Heat model, a new carbon-free, modular, community-focused heat utility that can decarbonize the city's residential and small commercial building sectors.

As an initial pilot project, the coalition is working with the community of West Woodlawn, a disadvantaged community on the South Side of Chicago, to further the community’s goals to generate local energy and create local wealth.

Find out more about BETTER HEAT at www.betterheat.org.