Geothermal Heat Pumps - A Green Solution For Home Heating and Cooling

What are geothermal heat pumps? Well geothermalhot water.
heat pumps are water source heat pumps that haveBy ground source heating and cooling the geothermal
been in existence since 1940s. They use the constantheat pumps allow the heat from the earth into your
temperature of the earth as an exchange instead ofhouse and in the summer do the opposite. The
outside air. The abilities include to cool, heat, andtemperature by the earth which is constant is what
most importantly aid the home with hot water. Ifmakes the geothermal pumps so great. They have
you compare them to other pumps they seem a bitbeen known to reduce energy bills by up to 40%.
quiet and stronger built. Geothermal pumps are prettyAlso most people are quite satisfied with their
overall efficient; the price associated with it is quitepurchase of a geothermal pump.
high however.The durability is a characteristic that should not be
The savings in the next 5-10 years is excellent. Theoverlooked at all. The pump uses the natural heat
life of such a system could be estimated at aroundthat forms the geothermal heating system with the
25 years. Every year about 50,000 geothermal heatuse of pipes. The heat exchanger is use to focus on
pumps are put in the America, on a yearly basis.the earth's energy and release it at a higher
The explanation of geothermal pumps is that all heattemperature. All these systems are placed
pumps have a unit called a condenser along with anunderground and will utilize the heat given off by the
indoor unit which is a coil. Refrigerants carry the heatearth's temperatures. It should be noted the piping
from one area to another, and then are compressedshould be done by professionals. When the loops are
at a high temperature that turns into a low pressurebeing installed it depends on several influences, tons
gas. This gas then is absorbed through the heat.of developers have installed large loops depending on
These pumps are good for provide heat mainly bythe area of their projects.