BIGGEST RISK with Bryan Roberts

J Darrin Gross

I'd like to ask you, Brian Roberts, what is the BIGGEST RISK?

Bryan Roberts

Yeah, of course, the biggest risk, one of the biggest risks, I would say, for geothermal HVAC systems is late integration into the project. If a developer brings us in after the mechanical engineering the MEP is finalized or or even well underway, we're.

Often trying to retrofit a solution into a system that wasn't designed to support it.

There can, at times, be a little bit of a knowledge gap. Many architects and engineers will default to legacy HVAC systems simply because that's what they're most familiar with. And we see some missed opportunities because geothermal wasn't on the table early enough. So I would say it's really important that we get involved in the conversation early.

That's that's a huge risk for us to not be involved early enough. On the flip side, if, if I look at it from the developers perspective, those developers who don't go with geothermal, their risk is future obsolescence. You're looking with fossil fuel systems that may soon be out of code, that are unattractive to future buyers, or burden with expensive retrofit requirements and and on top of that, you're leaving major tax credits on the table that are available to offset the upfront costs and make it possible for you to enjoy lower operating costs over the long haul.

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