Replace Your Furnace With Geothermal.
About Geothermal
Whether it’s winter or summer, the ground five feet below the surface maintains a constant temperature year round. This constant earth temperature is higher than average winter temperatures, and lower than average summer temperatures. The system uses this difference in temperature to transfer heat between your home and the earth with heat pumps and ground loops. These loops circulate fluid and continuously transfer heat in combination with the heat pumps.
Low Operating Costs
Homeowners who use Geothermal systems rate them as superior to other conventional heating and cooling systems because of their ability to deliver comfortably warm air and/or hydronic in-floor heating, even on the coldest winter days and because of their extraordinarily low operating costs. Since the system is reversible, it offers the added benefit of central A/C and dehumidification. It can provide inexpensive domestic hot water, either to supplement or replace entirely the output of a conventional, domestic water heater.
Extremely Efficient
This is cost effective because it uses renewable underground energy, in an extremely efficient manner. In the heating season, it will absorb approximately 75% of the energy from the ground and the remaining 25% would come from the electrical grid. For this reason, it is considered very environmentally friendly and many government agencies endorse geothermal technologies.
Predictability
Geothermal power plants can run at all times, given that their fuel source is constant. This quality renders it to be a valuable source of renewable power. Geothermal power plants offer more flexibility than other types of power sources, as it is simpler to ramp their power production up and down depending on need.
Emissions
The greenhouse gas emissions associated with geothermal are considerably smaller than those generated by traditional fossil fuel sources. Geothermal fields emit about 17% of the amount of CO2 produced by a natural gas plant (the lowest-emitting type of fossil-fuel plant).
Industrial Decarbonization
Many industrial processes rely on fossil fuels to produce necessary heat levels. Geothermal energy could substitute for fossil fuels in some processes that would be difficult to electrify.
Longevity
Geothermal heat pump equipment has a very long expected life, leading to significant longevity of these heating and cooling systems. The US Department of Energy estimates that the heat pumps themselves have more than 20-year life spans, while the underground infrastructure can last up to 50 years.