Have you ever wondered why pipes that are used for homes and buildings are dug far under ground? This is not to save space but is done because several feet under ground, the earth has an area that keeps a specific temperature no matter how cold or how hot it is outside.
Geothermal Heat Pumps are heating pumps that take advantage of this constant temperature in order to supply heat and cool air to places where there are extreme temperature changes such as it being a sub-zero temperature in the winter and a scorching hot temperature in the summer.
These Geothermal Heat Pumps have been around a lot longer than you think they have.
They have been used since the late 1940's but have not been really talked about until the energy concerns were brought to the attention of the people.
Using the resource of the earth helps these units to work much more efficient.
They use a unit called a heat exchanger that will exchange temperatures with the earths surface instead of using energy to create its own temperature.
Within the United States alone, there are about 50,000 units sold.
These Geothermal Heat Pumps are rather expensive to buy as well as expensive to have installed but people are still purchasing them.
This is mainly because these units will end up paying for themselves within eight to ten years or owning one.
This may seem like a long time to wait to have your money back in the energy savings that you receive but these units can last well over 25 years for the inside materials used and over 50 years on the materials that are in the ground outside.
This means that you probably won't have to be replacing this unit.
The Geothermal Heat Pumps that you will see on the market weigh in at about 450 pounds as well as having the capability of 60,000.
They will also have a COP rating of about 6.
0.
You will pay between $2,500 and $4,000 for these units.
You could possibly even pay more depending on the size that you get, and if you have both heating and air conditioning installed.
This does not include the price that you will have to pay to have the unit installed.
You need to make sure that your unit that you do purchase is approved by Energy Star, which means that it will perform as efficient as it possibly can in order to save you money.
Geothermal Heat Pumps are heating pumps that take advantage of this constant temperature in order to supply heat and cool air to places where there are extreme temperature changes such as it being a sub-zero temperature in the winter and a scorching hot temperature in the summer.
These Geothermal Heat Pumps have been around a lot longer than you think they have.
They have been used since the late 1940's but have not been really talked about until the energy concerns were brought to the attention of the people.
Using the resource of the earth helps these units to work much more efficient.
They use a unit called a heat exchanger that will exchange temperatures with the earths surface instead of using energy to create its own temperature.
Within the United States alone, there are about 50,000 units sold.
These Geothermal Heat Pumps are rather expensive to buy as well as expensive to have installed but people are still purchasing them.
This is mainly because these units will end up paying for themselves within eight to ten years or owning one.
This may seem like a long time to wait to have your money back in the energy savings that you receive but these units can last well over 25 years for the inside materials used and over 50 years on the materials that are in the ground outside.
This means that you probably won't have to be replacing this unit.
The Geothermal Heat Pumps that you will see on the market weigh in at about 450 pounds as well as having the capability of 60,000.
They will also have a COP rating of about 6.
0.
You will pay between $2,500 and $4,000 for these units.
You could possibly even pay more depending on the size that you get, and if you have both heating and air conditioning installed.
This does not include the price that you will have to pay to have the unit installed.
You need to make sure that your unit that you do purchase is approved by Energy Star, which means that it will perform as efficient as it possibly can in order to save you money.
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