Geothermal and water-source heat pumps provide the potential for significant energy savings over the life of the equipment. But, naturally, these systems must be designed and applied properly to ...

Generous federal tax credits, coupled with the desire to reduce energy costs without sacrificing comfort, have encouraged many homeowners to purchase geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) over the last several ...

UNDERSTANDING GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY In winter, the ground is warmer than the air, which means that cold water pumped through the pipes returns at a warmer temperature, and does the opposite in summer ...

BAY CITY, MICH. — Vision Zero, Michigan’s first net-zero energy home, is utilizing a geothermal heating and cooling system, solar thermal system, photovoltaics, and an energy recovery ventilation ...

The heat stored in the Earth’s crust, known as geothermal energy, is carbon-free and effectively inexhaustible. There’s enough of it to run all of civilization for generations, if it could be ...