The Environmental Protection Agency lists geothermal heat pumps as the most environmentally responsible choice for heating plus cooling, however because I am committed to minimizing my family’s carbon footprint, I was legitimately interested in this option for temperature control, however, when I first started looking into the chance, I was shocked by the cost of purchase plus replacement, and geothermal heat pumps require an underground loop system.
The excavation to implement the underground loop is drastically invasive plus upscale.
There are government funded tax incentives that help with start up costs, and plus, geothermal heat pumps offer incredible super energy savings, achieving 400% efficiency ratings. The system entirely generates four times as much energy as it needs to operate. It takes advantage of the consistent, year-round, underground temperature. It draws from the free plus renewable energy supplied by the sun. The heat pump is installed inside the home, where it is protected from the weather. With respected repair, it can be expected to last upwards of twenty years. The underground loop is warrantied for fifty years plus should continue to operate for twice that long. The system pulls heat out of the ground, brings it to a higher temperature plus delivers it into the home. In cooling mode, the heat pump reverses direction, extracting heat out of indoor air plus sending it into the ground. The process is quiet, disinfect plus safe. There is no combustion process, which eliminates the generation of fumes, carbon monoxide plus yellowhousehold gasses, but another perk of a geothermal heat pump is the ability to generate a virtually free source of warm water.