Geothermal Energy
What is Geothermal
Energy?
At
fairly shallow depths below the ground, the earth's
temperature remains fairly constant. A Geothermal ground
source heat pump (GSHP) unit draws heat from under the
earth, extracts it, heats it up by compressing it, then
evenly distributes the heat throughout your building to
warm it during the winter. With the flick of a switch,
the same system pulls heat from your building in the
summer and transfers it back into the earth, air
conditioning your building.
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Heat from the earth can be used as an energy source. With the development of Geothermal ground source heat pumps (GSHPS) heat can be drawn from under the earth, extracted, then evenly distributed throughout your building to warm it all year round. With this system the water is heated in pipes using the natural warmth deep below the earth is re-circulated over and over - no new water is required. The heat is then transferred through the walls of the piping and as it continues to circulate it extracts |
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the heat from the ground using the naturally renewable temperature of the earth’s crust. The technology is not rocket science, to put it simply: |
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Heating, Cooling and Hot Water from a Single System?
The system does not operate by heating or cooling air with fuel, but instead moves heat from the ground to the building or vice-versa. We are tapping an inexhaustible source of renewable energy, making heat pumps a better alternative than burning scarce and expensive non-renewable fossil fuels.
Geothermal systems are fully capable of supplying 100% of your heating and cooling needs, no matter where you live
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