{"id":1004557016,"date":"2021-11-08T06:04:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004557016"},"modified":"2025-03-14T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:10:03","slug":"unearthing-the-benefits-of-geothermal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/unearthing-the-benefits-of-geothermal\/","title":{"rendered":"Unearthing the Benefits of Geothermal"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/cpexecutive\/embed\/episodes\/Sustainability-Street-Unearthing-the-Benefits-of-Geothermal-e19udv5\/a-a6rqlio\" height=\"200px\" width=\"800px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" ><\/iframe>\n<p>The answer, or at least one of the answers, to rapid climate change may be right beneath our feet in the form of geothermal energy. Scientists and a growing number of commercial real estate developers are tapping into the earth&#8217;s natural heat for cooling and warming properties. 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Photo by Gretar Ivarsson\/Wikipedia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/power-plant-67538.jpg?w=800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004557011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/power-plant-67538.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"geothermal power plant\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/power-plant-67538.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/power-plant-67538.jpg?resize=300,239 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/power-plant-67538.jpg?resize=768,611 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004557011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station in Iceland. Photo by Gretar Ivarsson\/Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Welcome back to \u201cSustainability Street,\u201d CPE&#8217;s podcast on the intersection of commercial estate and the world we live in. In this episode, Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald and Senior Associate Editor Anca Gagiuc dig into the pros and cons of this underground renewable energy source and its prospects for helping commercial real estate owners, corporate users and cities reach their ambitious carbon reduction goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample of the topics the segment covers:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul id=\"block-fd986d10-a26c-4466-bba6-a01f48032c29\">\n<li>Sustainability benefits of geothermal (4:39)<\/li>\n<li>The economics (7:19)<\/li>\n<li>Global standings (8:53)<\/li>\n<li>Case study on geothermal (10:59)<\/li>\n<li>Geothermal and the Paris agreement (14:39)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tune in now for this indepth conversation, and don&#8217;t forget to follow CPE&#8217;s podcasts on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5uRBoMcuJ6uaoNqCEDbAYR?si=gIGVhzOERAGUx0BZkusrxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ro\/podcast\/unearthing-the-benefits-of-geothermal\/id1552202952?i=1000541094885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPE\u2019s climate reporter Anca Gagiuc explores this renewable resource in the new episode of Sustainability Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":1004557011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21795],"tags":[52571],"class_list":["post-1004557016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-sustainability-street","post_format-post-format-audio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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