HEgg : Ground source heat pumps provide heating, air conditioning, and, if so equipped, supply the house with hot water. They are smaller than a traditional heating/cooling unit and can easily be retrofitted into any home. The mechanical components are safely located underground or within the home – which eliminates fears of vandalism or theft. [...]
Alan Jacobson Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs), often called geothermal heat pumps, tap into the heat naturally generated many meters below the surface of the earth. Just a little ways down, the earth’s temperature is warm and relatively stable, so these systems can bring controllable and effective heating, cooling, and hot water to residential and [...]
Geoexchange Zine : What is a geoexchange system, anyway? You may have heard the term ‘geoexchange’ before and wondered what it is exactly – in short, a geoexchange heating system has 3 basic components: Water- (or water and refrigerant-) filled plastic pipes which run through underground trenches in the earth just outside the house. In [...]
