Springer has published ‘Recommendations for the Conceptualisation, Design and Construction of Energy Geostructures’.

The guidelines are available free of charge under an open-access licence. The authors include experts from the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute.

This publication is the result of many years of cooperation between experts from European countries. Work on the guidelines began as part of the COST TU1405 GABI action (European network for shallow geothermal energy applications in buildings and infrastructures). It was subsequently continued by the Working Group on Energy Geostructures, operating within the framework of ELGIP (European Large Geotechnical Institutes Platform). The final version of the report was produced with the participation of the COST CA21156 FOLIAGE action (Fostering Large-scale Implementation of Energy Geostructures).

These guidelines present the current state of knowledge and best practice regarding the design, construction and monitoring of energy foundations and geotechnical thermoactive structures. Such installations enable heat exchange with the rock mass via structural elements of buildings and infrastructure facilities, like thermal piles, thermal slabs, thermal casings and thermoactive tunnels.

The book presents a coherent framework for procedures that can be applied at all stages of the preparation and implementation of projects using thermoactive structures – from preliminary investigations, conceptual modelling and site surveys, through design development and monitoring of the installation, to modelling its long-term performance and environmental impact assessment. The full text of the guidelines is available on the Springer website Recommendations for the Conceptualisation, Design and Construction of Energy Geostructures.

Recommendations for the Conceptualisation, Design and Construction of Energy Geostructures.

Text: Marta Szlasa