Geothermal Heating

A heating system that uses the earth's ability to store heat beneath it's surface is known as a geothermal pump. The system takes full advantage of land mass which acts as a heat exchanger to cool or heat buildings. These systems operate in the ground. This means it operates below the frost line and stays at 50 degree F throughout the year.

A heat pump that uses water as a source uses the heat in winter and puts it back in the ground during summer. A geothermal heat pump is different from a conventional furnace. This is because the geothermal system has the ability to transfer heat versus a standard method of production of heat.

The buildings are heated with renewable energy without any transportation and burning of biomass, production of biogas to use in furnaces. These systems dont even require any high technology equipments.

The advantage of geothermal systems is that they make use of electricity that is produced from renewable sources such as wind and solar power. This makes the heating of spaces much more efficient than the normal electric heater.

The constant temperature of the earth is used as an exchange medium instead of the external temperature in geothermal heat pumps. Due to this, the system reaches high efficiencies on extremely cold winter nights.

These pumps have the facility to heat, cool and supply hot water in the house if they are equipped. Some models in these pumps are available with variable fans and two-speed compressors that give more comfort and save energy.

Geothermal systems are also more quieter, last for a longer periods, require less maintenance and are not dependent on the outside temperature.

Other benefits of geothermal heat pumps are that they use 25% to 50% less electricity than the other pumps. They also reduce energy consumption and emissions.

These systems also improve humidity control because they maintain 50% relative humidity inside. That is the reason why geothermal systems are very effective in humid areas. Geothermal heat pump systems require less space than the amount needed by conventional systems.

These systems also allow you to heat different parts of the house to be heated or cooled at varying temperatures, which is given the name zone space conditioning. The geothermal heat pumps have less moving parts which are highly reliable and durable. The durability of these pumps is more than twenty years.

Another advantage that adds to the popularity and a lot of usage of these pumps is that these dont produce noise since there are no condensing units outside the house.

Due to the above mentioned advantages of geothermal pump, the popularity of these pumps have increased phenomenally as compared to the conventional pumps.

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