Are you contemplating a new heating and cooling system for your home? If so, you should consider installing one that utilizes geothermal technology. Homeowners are going geothermal not just to be environmentally friendly but also to drastically reduce their utility costs for many years to come. The whole geothermal process operates at a fraction of the cost of standard systems.
World-wide Energy Source
Heat from the earth can be used as an energy source in many different ways and can be found almost anywhere, from as far away as the remote, deep wells in Indonesia to as close as the dirt in your own backyard. Around the globe, geothermal energy is being used as an affordable, sustainable, and ecological solution to fossil fuels and the global warming and public health risks that result from their continued production and use. Geothermal technology – the world’s most advanced, most cost-efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system – is already being used in thousands of homes and buildings across the United States.
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Technology
Hot springs, geysers, pools of boiling mud, and fumaroles are the most easily exploited geothermal sources. The ancient Romans used hot springs to heat baths and homes and similar applications can still be found in Iceland, Turkey, and Japan today. First used to produce electric power in Italy in 1904, today geothermal power plants are in operation in New Zealand, Japan, Iceland, Mexico, the U.S., and elsewhere. Geothermal energy’s greatest potential lies in the generation of electricity, both cleanly and inexpensively.
Geothermal technology can:
- Reduce your cooling and heating costs by up to 80 percent
- Reduce your carbon footprint from greenhouse gas emissions
- Drastically reduce your hot water costs
- Improve year-round comfort with humidity control
- Reduce fumes and your carbon monoxide (gases) sootprint!
We’ll explore ways of tapping into the underground and getting off the grid by going geothermal in your home in my next blog.