Is Geothermal Heating Right For You?

Keeping your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter has never been easier - or more environmentally friendly.

By utilizing the free and renewable solar energy stored in the ground, geothermal heating and cooling systems offer the finest in home comfort conditioning. This is a free, renewable, clean and environmentally-friendly source of energy.

So, if it is decreased energy costs, enhanced comfort, safety and reliability that you want out of your heating and cooling system, a geothermal unit could be right for you.

A geothermal system captures this free energy by using a series of pipes (an earth loop) buried in the ground. These pipes carry a mixture of water and alcohol that runs through the ground loop to a home's geothermal unit. During the cooling season, heat is removed from a home and transferred into the loop fluid, where it is cooled as it moves through the pipe in the earth. The earth serves as a "heat sink", a place to deposit the heat removed from the home.

The experts at WaterFurnace recommend geothermal systems, like the Envision series, which can be easily installed in a wide variety of installations -- new or old homes, large or small. Homes with large demands for domestic or potable water heating will benefit from the exceptional efficiency of a WaterFurnace Synergy geothermal system.

This unit provides dedicated hot water for heating and domestic use and both heating and cooling furnished through a convenient duct system to condition the air inside the home, the complete system provides the ultimate in savings and comfort with safe, reliable, quiet performance.

Geothermal systems operate more efficiently than ordinary heating and air-conditioning systems because they deliver four-units of energy for every one-unit of electrical energy used. By combining stored earth energy with safe electric power, homeowners may realize a savings of up to 70 percent on heating, cooling and hot water costs when they install a geothermal unit.