Renewable Geothermal Energy
Solar heat which has been stored in the earth's crust
provides the inexhaustible source of supply energy for a geothermal heat
pump. This energy is replenished each year by the sun during the normal
cycle of our seasons. There is enough solar energy stored beneath each building
to more than supply the cooling and heating requirements. All we need to
do is extract that energy and the geothermal heat pump has been designed
to do just that!
Studies by the US Department of Energy and Natural Resources Canada ranked
new generation geothermal heat pumps above all other heating and cooling
systems in their ability to conserve energy and reduce CO2 emissions.
When compared to an electrically heated home, geothermal heat pumps consume
less than 1/3 the amount of electrical energy to heat the structure. Consequently
the electric utility company generates only 1/3 the emissions it normally
would.
