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What is geothermal technology?
First of all, geothermal heat pumps use the energy from the ground to heat or cool your home or building. During the colder months, energy is taken from the earth and used to heat your home. While the reverse is also true during the summer time when the energy from your home is put into the ground to provide air conditioning. This is due to the ability of the ground to transfer energy, in and out.
In addition, these heat pumps can be used in conjunction with forced air, water baseboards or radiant flooring systems. Finally, some of the captured heat can also be transferred over to your hot water tank to further lower your electrical consumption.
Geothermal Heat Pump Benefits
To illustrate, here are the many clear advantages that this technology offers compared to other common heating and cooling systems:
- Substantial energy savings and drastically lower your power bill
- You can reduce your home’s annual heating energy use by 50 % to 70 %
- Can reduce space cooling costs up to 40 %
- As well as reduce domestic water heating costs 25 to 50%
- Savings pays back installation costs in as little as 6 years
- Used in a variety of climates
- Consistent heating source during cold winter months
- Dependable coolant source for air conditioning in the summer
- More than one million geothermal units in operation worldwide
- All active components are inside your home so they require less maintenance.
- Extended equipment life cycle up to 2 or 3 times longer
- Draw on soil temperatures to heat or cool your home therefore reducing your home’s energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and harmful effects on the environment.
- Can be used with forced air systems
- Can be configured in a closed loop radiant water in slab or water baseboards
- You can add a desuperheater to divert some of the capacity to help with domestic water heating
- Generally, stays on longer and warms your home in lower temperature rises compared to conventional heating systems
- This provides consistent heat distribution throughout your home
- Very quiet operation indoors and outdoors