Dear IGSHPA Membership & GeoOutlook Readers:

After a hiatus of nearly four years, GeoOutlook is back! We still have an archive of magazines dating from the very first issue 20 years ago until the final issue produced by Oklahoma State University in 2019. As an independent non-profit since September 2020, IGSHPA is now in a position to restart this wonderful magazine that I always looked forward to reading every quarter. We are taking “baby steps” at first, starting out with two issues per year, building back up to a quarterly magazine, as we are able to collect interesting articles and enough ad revenue to pay for the costs associated with publishing a regular magazine.

One of the most exciting announcements about GeoOutlook is our agreement with BNP Media, publisher of ACHR News, Engineered Systems, and more. Our agreement for an E-Magazine includes distribution to subscribers of the two magazines mentioned above, which provides a much wider audience to readers in the HVACR and Engineering fields. We expect a big “bang for the buck” for our advertisers and great exposure for authors of articles in GeoOutlook. Watch your Inbox for more details!

Part of the reason IGSHPA can restart GeoOutlook is because we have just recently added two new IGSHPA employees, bringing our staff to five employees. Lisa Lipe, the editor of GeoOutlook, started at the end of June. Lisa joined IGSHPA as an administrative assistant, and will be concentrating on magazine production, helping with member support, administrative work, and grant writing. Greg Kurtz, technical director, started in the middle of July. Greg brings with him 40 years of experience in the industry and a wealth of knowledge of the ground source heat pump industry. Greg will be concentrating on “ramping up” our efforts in new training modules by working closely with the IGSHPA training committee and subcommittees. He will also be supporting many of the technical projects that are planned.

This is a good time to be in the industry! On the cover, you will see a photo of one of the buildings on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio. The application is bringing geothermal technology to a large-scale campus-wide district system, not only lowering operating costs for the organization, but creating long-term sustainability, and decarbonizing the landscape with grid-friendly electrification of heating and cooling systems.

You can learn more about projects like Miami University at the IGSHPA annual conference, December 5 to 7, 2023 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. We have 11 tracks for workshops, as well as joint sessions with NGWA (National Ground Water Association), the Annual General Meeting, the leadership address, and a very exciting keynote speaker, Alejandro Moreno, U.S. DOE Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). I hope you will join us for a great conference!

Best Regards,
Jeff Hammond