When Hurricane Ivan washed across the waterfront community of Gulf Breeze, Florida, in 2004, the storm did little damage to the town’s 29-year-old recreation center. Yet, this same storm provided the impetus for a $6.2 million renovation and expansion of the center, which included a host of high-efficiency building systems, among them a geothermal heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. Gulf Breeze is located on Fairport Peninsula in Santa Rosa County, part of the Florida Panhandle. The small city of 6,400 people is a residential community across the bay from Pensacola, Florida, and is connected to Pensacola by a three-mile bridge. The city’s mission is to “...preserve and enhance the hometown character and natural environment to foster a high quality

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