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Geothermal Heating & Cooling
Geothermal heat pumps offer another green option, using the earth’s natural warmth to preheat water for your hydronic system. Installed several feet below the surface or in drilled wells, the system captures heat from the ground, reducing the need for natural gas, electricity, or oil to fully heat your home. This eco-friendly solution is perfect for those seeking energy savings and a reduced carbon footprint.
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ABOUT GEOTHERMAL
What is a geothermal heat pump?
Also known as ground-source heat pumps, Geothermal heat pumps are an energy efficient method of heating and cooling using the consistent temperature below the frost line of the ground outside of your home. This consistent temperature serves as the energy source (for heating) or sink (for cooling). A buried system of pipes, either horizontal or vertical, circulates water or an antifreeze solution, to transfer heat between the ground.
In heating mode, the ground loop fluid absorbs heat from the earth. The fluid carries the heat to the heat pump unit inside the building. A heat exchanger extracts the heat and transfers it to a refrigerant, which is then compressed to a higher temperature by the pump.
The process is reversed in the summer.
The heat pump extracts heat from the building and transfers it to the ground through the ground loop. The cooled refrigerant is used to cool indoor air, effectively air-conditioning the building.
Heat pumps are by no means a new technology, but they have improved over the decades and provide excellent results for energy-efficient, dependable way to keep your home comfy all year long.
- Energy Efficient: An obvious leg up over their heating and cooling systems, heat pumps utilize very little energy to perform.
- Green: Geothermal Heat Pumps are extremely environmentally friendly, reducing greenhouse gasses and emissions by a large margin.
- Cost Effective: Efficiency in performance of a geothermal heat pumps directly translates into financial savings and making your utility costs exponentially smaller.
The Basics
How Does Geothermal Work?
- Water or refrigerant moves through a loop of pipes located underground, called a ground loop.
- When the weather is cold, the water or refrigerant heats up as it travels through the part of the loop that is buried underground.
- Once it gets back above the ground, the warmed water or refrigerant transfers heat into the building via indoor heat pump, and is dispersed through the home through duct work.
- The water or refrigerant cools down after it's heat is transferred. It is pumped back underground where it is heated up once more, starting the process again.
- On a hot day, the system can run in reverse. The water or refrigerant cools the building and is then pumped underground where extra heat is transferred to the ground around the pipes.
The Financials
Cost & Savings
The initial cost of installing a geothermal heat pump system can be two to three times that of a conventional heating system in most residential applications, new construction or existing. In retrofits, the cost of installation is affected by the size of living area, home’s age, insulation characteristics, the geology of the area and location of the home/property.
For new construction, proper duct system design and mechanical air exchange should be considered an initial system cost. These systems can save the average family from $400-1400/year, reducing the average heating and cooling costs by 30-70% per installed system.
The investment tax credit (ITC) offers the ability to deduct a percentage of the cost of installing a geothermal system from your Federal taxes. See table below:
Geothermal's Environmental Impact
Since geothermal systems are mostly underground, there is little landscape footprint. These systems have the smallest carbon footprint of any heating or cooling source. Installing geo (in a typical home) is the equivalent of planting one acre of trees or removing two cars from the road, in terms of emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protective Agency (EPA) has called geothermal the most energy-efficient, environmentally clean and cost-effective space conditioning systems available.
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If you are considering geothermal for your home or property or have questions, please feel free to call us. Solaire Energy is one of the leading geothermal installers in northeast and central PA.
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