Ground Source Heat Pumps offer great benefits:
- Your system can provide forced air heating and cooling and/or radiant heating system
- Some can save you up to 50% on your water-heating bill by using a preheat tank for hot water
- The earth loop is constructed of high grade components that are buried in the ground and
usually carry a 75 year warranty.
- Takes up about the same space as a traditional heating/cooling unit
- Cuts energy consumption by 75% and reduces maintenance costs
- Provides consistent temperature throughout
the home, eliminating the hot and cold spots common with other systems
- No outside unit to cause a noisy, unpleasant environment outside the home
- No exposed equipment outdoors; children or pets cannot injure themselves or damage exterior
units
- No open flame, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, flammable fuel or potentially dangerous fuel storage tanks
Ground Source Heat Pumps are environmentally friendly:
- Conserve natural resources by providing climate control efficiently and thus lowering emissions
- Minimize ozone layer destruction by using factory-sealed refrigeration systems, which will seldom or never have to be recharged
- Uses underground loops to transfer heat, with no external venting or air pollution
- Reduces carbon footprint
Ground Source Heat Pumps offer great savings:
- The most efficient residential heating and cooling systems available today (according to EPA)
- By using the earth energy to provide 70% of your home's heating needs, most systems have efficiencies of 350%
- Cooling efficiencies are 20% to 40% higher than available air conditioners
- Save money in operating and maintenance costs
- Investments recouped in only a few years
- Positive cash flow; energy savings usually exceed the cost of the system
- Some utilities offer rebates or incentives to their customers who purchase GSHPs
