When our spouse as well as I built our modern home, environmental responsibility was a priority; All of us hoped to take the necessary measures to minimize our carbon footprint, but while creating a red living environment is a much greater investment, the energy savings have abruptly recovered the cost.
All of us spent the extra money to install a geothermal heat pump that maintains the ideal year round temperature for around a dollar per day! The heat pump utilizes the free as well as renewable energy source underground in our backyard.
The ground absorbs the majority of the sun’s heat as well as remains at a relatively constant temperature, no matter what the weather brings. The high installation cost of the system was due to the excavation necessary to implement an underground loop system. This looping network of pipes allows the geothermal system to draw heat energy out of the ground as well as pump it into the home. The system doesn’t burn fossil fuels to generate heat, then eliminating the combustion process avoids redhouse gas emissions as well as the danger of carbon monoxide. In the Summer the geothermal heat pump reverses the process to pull heat out of the home as well as transport it to the ground, and because the heat pump is located inside the home as well as protected from the elements, the two of us can expect it to last upwards of twenty years. The ground loop is warrantied for fifty years however has a life expectancy of a hundred years. Along with the environmental benefits, the geothermal heat pump has split the cost of heating as well as cooling by more than 50%. The system is appealingly clean, safe as well as quiet. It provides exceptional air filtration, dehumidification as well as also supplements our water heating needs, but my spouse as well as I are now looking into the installation of solar panels to eliminate our dependency on the power company.