GEOTHERMAL DIRECTORY

Find

Looking For A Geothermal Installer, Contractor, Company In Your Area?

First: congratulations! Great idea, using the energy you already own! When selecting a professional company or contractor, MAKE SURE your contractor is IGSHPA-certified. This is extremely important. Any reputable geoexchange contractor will have this certification.

Heat or Cool

Heating and / or Cooling With Your Geothermal System?

Not everyone realizes that if you are going to use your heat pump system for heating, then it actually becomes MORE EFFICIENT if you are going to use it for cooling in the summer.
Think of the system as a “heat bank” where you deposit and withdraw… better to deposit heat there for part of the year than constantly withdraw (although your system can still work fine even if you don’t use it for cooling.

Payback Period

Calculating Geothermal System Pay Back Periods – Energy Costs

Sorry, it might not be the financial boon that you may have thought – ask your reputable dealer for payback periods typical for your specific area – everything depends on local climate and how your system has been sized and optimized to take advantage of your location.

Sustainability

Is Geothermal Heating and Cooling Really Green Energy?

In the renewable energy community, we all do feel (suspect/infer) that fossil fuel is artificially cheap for the time being, affecting payback periods for these awesome heating and cooling systems which use energy which is a resource you already own as part and parcel of your existing real estate.