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What is Geothermal?

To create heat, conventional heating systems must expend some form of fuel, typically propane, natural gas, or fuel oil. Geothermal systems don't create heat; instead they move heat with the input of a small amount of electrical energy. Besides a heating system, a geothermal heat pump is also an air conditioning system which utilizes free energy stored below the earth’s surface at a depth of eight feet and deeper. At these depths a fairly constant temperature of 45 to 70 degrees is typical. The geothermal heat pump system taps into that free, renewable energy and puts it to work.

Geothermal systems can be installed almost anywhere and have no need for natural hot springs or geysers. A geothermal heat pump removes heat from the ground in the winter and puts heat back into the ground in the summer. During winter the earth’s natural heat is absorbed through a large pipe system buried in the ground known as a heat exchanger or ground loop. While liquid is traveling through the pipe, it absorbs heat from the surrounding ground. This warm liquid then carries heat to the heat pump, acting like a refrigerator by taking that heat through a refrigerant cycle inside the heat pump, and discharging it to your home heating distribution system (forced air or radiant floors). In the summer this process is reversed in order to cool the home. Heat is drawn from the home, rejected to the loop and absorbed by the earth. The result is a comfortable home all year round.