No. There are different kinds of geothermal heat pumps designed for specific applications. The most advanced systems use vertical bore holes and direct expansion technology. Some geothermal heat pumps provide summer air conditioning, radiant infloor heating and heat for domestic hot water use, but a few brands are designed only for winter heating. Sometimes these heating-only systems incorporate a groundwater-cooled coil that can provide cooling in moderate climates.

No. The equipment goes inside your home, usually in the basement, garage or crawl space. Because it's indoors, the life span of the compressor and major components are greatly extended, most having a life span of 20 years or more.

Although heat pumps normally cost more to install over conventional systems, the increased comfort, lower energy and maintenance costs result in customer satisfaction.

ECONAR offers you the most efficient, comfortable, reliable and quiet heat pump available today. With installations for both commercial and residential projects, our complete line includes Forced Air, Hydronic, Combination, dual stage (Invision3), Domestic Hot Water and Commercial Consoles. Forced air heat pump systems are commonly used in homes today. Conventional ductwork distributes hot or cold air and provides humidity control.

The heat from the earth's core continuously flows outward. It transfers (conducts) to the surrounding layer of rock, the mantle. When temperatures and pressures become high enough, some mantle rock melts, becoming magma. Then, because it is lighter (less dense) than the surrounding rock, the magma rises (convects), moving slowly up toward the earth's crust, carrying the heat from below. Sometimes the hot magma reaches all the way to the surface, where we know it as lava.

All units transfer solar energy from the ground into a building, where a compressor converts that energy into warm air or warm water. Options on various models include two-speed compressors, demand water heaters, quad functions and electronic diagnostics, among others. Units should be certified to ISO performance levels (formerly CSA or ARI rating), to make the COP the key variable among different manufacturers.

A geothermal heat pump is an electrically powered device that uses the natural heat storage ability of the earth and/or the earth's groundwater to heat and cool your home, cottage or business.

Geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) are one of the most efficient active (as opposed to passive) technologies in the world for heating and cooling our homes, schools, businesses, and a variety of other buildings. GHPs use the normal temperature of the earth to heat buildings in the winter and cool them in the summer. GHPs take advantage of the fact that the temperature of the ground does not vary as much from season to season as the temperature of the air.

Employing currently available techniques to quantify the heat available in the subsurface, there is currently sufficient heat available to satisfy the country’s energy requirements for hundreds of years. The limitation does not arise due to energy availability but rather due to the economic returns for each one of the various geothermal energy exploitation techniques available. The earth’s heat is an inexhaustible energy resource in Switzerland.

That will depend on construction material you use. Sizes usually range from 3000 square feet to 4500 including the basement, but a heat calculation will be necessary to see if a house can be heated using this system.

Yes. Using what???s called a desuperheater, some types of geothermal heat pumps can save you up to 50 percent on your water-heating bill by preheating tank water. Desuperheaters are standard on some units, optional on others. Some geothermal models can provide all of your hot water needs on demand at the same high efficiencies as the heating/cooling cycles.

Water is a good store for solar energy as even on cold days groundwater maintains a constant temperature between 7 and 12 deg The groundwater is extracted via a supply well and transported to the evaporator of the water/water heat pump and returned via a return well. Outside air offers the least expensive option for exploiting an energy source. Air is supplied via a duct put through the heat pump and returned to the outside ambience.

We expect that our "Performance Plus" heat pumps should typically last 20-25 + years. Naturally this all comes down to the conditions the heat pump is in, and regular maintenance.

Heat pumps are generally very quiet, noise levels equivalent to that of a fridge. We would always recommend you listen to one before you purchase.

Yes. Through our electric supplier TVA we offer a program that allows our residential customers who own their homes to install a heat pump and have the payments placed on their utility bills each month. Terms of the loan are 8% interest for a period of up to 10 years. You must use a TVA-approved heat pump contractor. Rebates are also available.

Underfloor heating works well with heat pumps as they give a constant low heat temperature. This sort of heat pump works very well with larger projects, unlike extensions, where they become costly. See www.ecoheatpumps.co.uk for more details. this expanable content box is made using a free javascript from flooble | free javascripts

No. HomeTech's Heat pumps are designed to be unobtrusive in their size, are neutrally coloured to fit into your d?cor. They run at a low noise levels so as not to be noticed.

No. Heat Pumps are generally not noisy. The source of noise in a heat pump is usually the air being blown through the grill as it is forced out of the unit. Air noise is marginally higher than ambient background noise and is usually not distracting.

Heat pumps transfer heat by circulating a substance called a refrigerant through a cycle of alternating evaporation and condensation. A compressor pumps the refrigerant between two heat exchanger coils. In one coil, the refrigerant is evaporated at low pressure and absorbs heat from its surroundings. The refrigerant is then compressed en route to the other coil, where it condenses at high pressure. At this point, it releases the heat it absorbed earlier in the cycle.

All Daikin, Mitsubishi and Panasonic heat pumps use the R410A refrigerant. This is significantly more environmentally friendly than the older refrigerants.