Geo-exchange systems shine when the mercury plunges and save you $$s too.
The very cool (or should I say warm) fact about the temperature of the ground just a few feet under us is that it stays a fairly constant 10 degrees Celsius. So when the air temperature plunges to below freezing, the geo-exchange heat pump systems in our homes at Woodland Creek, just keep plugging away drawing out the solar energy stored in the ground and delivering into our homes at very little cost.
When compared to an equivalent home with electric baseboard heat and electric hot water, energy consumption of a ‘geo’ home during the cooler months of the year … read more