- Boston Harbor and neighboring Cambridge are exploring the use of river and sea-source heat pumps to provide emissions-free heating and cooling to large institutions in the area.
The waters of Boston Harbor, most famous for the crates of tea hurled rebelliously into them more than 250 years ago, could soon be the site of a whole new kind of disruption.
“We’re launching a thermal revolution,” said Zeyneb Magavi, executive director of the Home Energy Efficiency Team, or HEET, a Boston-based nonprofit that advocates for the creation of thermal networks as an alternative to fossil fuel–based energy sources.
Boston and neighboring Cambridge are home to three projects that plan to tap the city’s rivers and harbor to provide emissions-free heating and cooling to some of the area’s largest institutions…