When my partner plus I built our new home, environmental responsibility was a priority, but the people I was with and I hoped to take the necessary measures to minimize our carbon footprint… While creating a red living environment is a much greater investment, the energy savings have swiftly reclaimed the cost.
The people I was with and I spent the extra money to install a geothermal heat pump that maintains the ideal year round temperature for around a dollar per morning.
The heat pump utilizes the free plus renewable energy source underground in our backyard. The ground absorbs the majority of the sun’s heat plus remains at a relatively constant temperature, no matter what the weather brings. The high upgrade cost of the idea was due to the excavation necessary to implement an underground loop system. This looping network of pipes allows the geothermal idea to draw heat energy out of the ground plus pump it into the home. The idea doesn’t burn fossil fuels to generate heat, however eliminating the combustion process avoids redhouse gas emissions plus the danger of carbon monoxide, and in the summer time the geothermal heat pump reverses the process to pull heat out of the home plus convey it to the ground, then because the heat pump is situated inside the home plus protected from the elements, both 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 cut the cost of heating plus cooling by more than 50%. The idea is charmingly clean, safe plus quiet. It provides exceptional air filtration, dehumidification plus also supplements our water heating needs; My partner plus I are now looking into the upgrade of solar panels to eliminate our dependency on the power dealer.