What is a Geothermal heating system, and how does it work?

You might be surprised to find that the most encouraging solution to sky high energy costs may be buried right under your home. Superefficient geothermal system provides ultra quiet, clean heating, while reducing your energy costs over 50%. A geothermal heating system is an electrically powered system that uses the earth's energy to heat and cool your home. A geothermal system transfers heat from the earth to your home using a circulating underground loop system. This system consists of a heat pump that connects to underground pipes.  A water based solution circulates through underground pipes, this solution then carries the heat from the ground into your home.

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Geothermal Heating Systems

Why Would You Want One?

 

Installing a Geothermal System will cut your heating and cooling bills up to 70%. 

Practically maintenance free. 

Environmentally friendly, by reducing energy consumption and no fossil fuels are burned.

Reduces green house gas emissions with the equivalent of taking two cars off the road.

Your Geothermal System will pay for itself within 4 to 7 years.

Most efficient system you can buy.

Eliminates noisy outdoor compressors and fans.

 

 

At first you may be sticker shocked by the cost of the installation of a geothermal system costing anywhere from $15,000 to $23,000.
However your geothermal system will pay for itself within a few years, and will be enormously cheaper to operate.  Also by installing a geothermal system you eligible for federal tax credits up to $3,500.

Types of Closed Loop Systems

The most popular type of geothermal system is a closed loop system.  A closed loop system means the fluid filled piping is buried underground near your home or business. The fluid is constantly absorbing heat from the earth than distributing that heat inside your home.  During the warmer months, that same fluid takes the heat from indoors and distributes back into earth cooling your home.

Horizontal loop system is generally used when there is enough land that isn't too rocky to trench. Most often a horizontal loop system is installed during a new construction of a home or office building.

Vertical loop systems are installed when the land is limited,  too rocky to trench, or for existing buildings and homes. Piping is buried into the ground  vertically about 150 to 250 feet below  ground.

Slinky coil loop system is becoming very popular with residential customers.  This system requires less land and less trenching, which is much easier to install.  A coil of tubing is placed into a trench overlapped and than buried.  This allows heat to transfer in smaller volumes.


Pond loop is not as common, but is becoming increasingly popular.  A pond loop system consists of coils of pipe at the bottom of a pond or some type of water source. The pond loop system then extracts or expels heat into the water supply as needed.










* For more information, or to have a estimate for a geothermal system please call our office @810-229-4000