If you are looking at saving money long term and breathing clean air in your home then a Geothermal System is the right choice for you.

A Geothermal system uses the earth’s energy storage capability to heat and cool buildings. It uses clean renewable energy, which burns no fossil fuels and cuts your personal emission by up to 85%. Geothermal heating is the direct use of geothermal power for heating applications.

Geothermal heat pumps utilize the natural temperature of the earth to control the climate within your home. It basically harnesses the temperature of the ground and uses it to heat or cool your homes. Geothermal heat pumps mostly use renewable energy from the ground, and hence these heat pumps are said to be more efficient and comfortable in the heating and cooling technology.

The principle behind geothermal heat pumps is that in winters, the pumps move the heat from the earth into your house and during summers the devices pull heat from your home and discharge it into the ground. Geothermal heat pump systems provide comfort by heating and cooling evenly, eliminating hot and cold spots. These pumps are durable, environment friendly, comfortable, economical and provide soothing non-allergic and clean air.

Many people wonder how to calculate geothermal energy cost. There are many factors that need to be determine the exact cost of geothermal heating, and this includes the cost to the environment, the costs of installation, operation, and maintenance. Once the system is installed, however, the costs associated with geothermal heating systems are much less than other heating systems. There is only one energy bill per month, because a geothermal energy unit can both heat and cool your home. Geothermal heating systems also cost much less to operate and maintain as compared to traditional heating systems do, making them last longer and less expensive to maintain in good operating condition.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Geothermal Cooling System is the most cost effective, energy efficient and environmentally friendly system available today.

Geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and cooling system that pumps heat to and from the ground. Geothermal heat pumps utilize heat naturally generated below the earth’s surface for heating and cooling residential and commercial complexes. These heat pumps are environment friendly and do not use the depleting and carbon producing fossil fuels.

The principle behind geothermal heat pumps is that in winters, the pumps move the heat from the earth into your house and in summers, the devices pull heat from your home and discharge it into the ground.В  These systems use a heat pump to force the transfer of heat. The core of the heat pump is a loop of refrigerant pumped through a vapour-compression refrigeration cycle that moves the heat.

The geothermal heat pumps are broadly classified as closed loop heat pumps and open loop heat pumps. Let us discus them in details:

Closed Loop – This system uses two loops on the ground side primary and secondary loops. The primary refrigerant loop is contained in the appliance cabinet where it exchanges heat with a secondary water loop that is buried underground. After leaving the internal heat exchanger, the water flows through the secondary loop outside the building to exchange heat with the ground before returning. During winter the water absorb heat from the ground source and brings it to heat the building, while in summers the water draws heat out from the building and transfers it back to the ground source thus cooling the building.

Closed loop heat pumps come in two different types, namely the vertical closed loop and the other is the horizontal closed loop. The only difference between the two is that the vertical closed pump has pipes which run vertical through the ground while the horizontal closed loops have pipes running horizontally through the ground.

Open Loop – In an open loop heat pump, the secondary loop draws in natural water from an external source like a well or any water body into a heat exchanger inside the heat pump.  Heat is either extracted or added by the primary refrigerant loop and then the water is returned back to irrigation trench, or to the water body.

Geothermal heat pumps are economical, environment friendly, safe and comfortable source of energy and are a must buy. But when you are installing one make sure you consult an experienced heating and cooling company that can properly put in piping that reaches far through the ground to ensure highest efficiency.

Geothermal heat pumps utilize the natural temperature of the earth to control the climate within your home. It harnesses the temperature of the ground and uses it to heat or cool your homes. Geothermal heat pumps mostly use renewable energy from the ground, and hence these heat pumps are said to be more efficient and comfortable in the heating and cooling technology.

The principle behind geothermal heat pumps is that in winters, the pumps move the heat from the earth into your house and in summers, the devices pull heat from your home and discharge it into the ground.  A loop with a compressor takes heat from the ground and pumps it into the inside heating loop, circulating the natural heat throughout the house. In summers, the geothermal heat pump work in altogether reverse fashion, channelling the warmer air and forcing it into the ground.

Geothermal heat pumps provide comfort by heating and cooling evenly, eliminating hot and cold spots. As these heat pumps utilizes energy from the ground, they are environment friendly as they minimize environmental threats posed by the burning of fossil fuels, like acid rain, air pollution, and the greenhouse effect.

The only drawback of geothermal heat pumps is that these pumps are expensive to set up, but are worth every penny. It requires installing pipes, layering and all sorts of accessories in order to properly extract temperatures from the ground. But mechanically geothermal heat pumps are simple and most of their parts remain below the ground and are naturally protected from the weather conditions, thus reducing the maintenance cost. These pumps are very economical when compared to electricity costs and it is estimated that they can lower your energy bills by 30-40%. Thus, the low maintenance cost and reduction in energy bills compensates the expenses required to set up the geothermal pumps.

Geothermal heat pumps are durable, environment friendly, comfortable, economical and provide soothing non-allergic and clean air.  Thus when compared to other alternatives available, the geothermal heat pumps are undoubtedly the best.