Some Other Benefits of Geothermal
Geothermal offers great benefits:
- Provides a combination heating/cooling and hot water heating system
- Some can save you up to 80% on your water-heating bill
- Cuts total energy consumption by 20 to 50% and greatly reduce maintenance costs
- Cuts overall energy costs by 40 to 70%
- Warmer air in the winter (90 -105° F) for more consistent
temperature throughout your home, eliminating the hot and cold spots common with other systems
- All components are either buried in the ground or located inside the home
- No flame, flammable fuel or potentially dangerous fuel storage tanks
- The same size as a traditional heating/cooling unit
- Underground pipe carries up to a 50-year warranty (200+ year expected life)
- Very quiet — No noisy fan units to disturb outdoor activities
- No exposed equipment outdoors; nothing to damage, no copper to steal
Geothermal Heat Pumps are environmentally friendly:
- Conserve natural resources with lower energy demand thus lowering power plant 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 and no air pollution
- Again, very quiet — No noisy fan units to disturb outdoor activities
