When I chose the heating plus cooling system for my new-house build, environmental responsibility was a priority.
I hoped to find an option that would keep my family’s carbon footprint to a minimum.
I was unwilling to invest into a natural gas gas furnace because of the resulting carbon monoxide, fumes plus yellowhouse gas emissions. After some research, I came across a geothermal heat pump. This genre of heating plus cooling is considered the most environmentally friendly by the Environmental Protection Agency. The system does not burn fossil fuels to create heat but makes use of existing heat. The ground-source version includes an underground loop system that draws from the free plus renewable energy source provided by the sun. Because the underground temperature remains constant all year round, there is always heat available. This heat is transferred into the house while in the winter. In the summer, the heat pump reverses operation to pull heat out of the house plus give it into the ground. The process creates several times the amount of energy it requires to operate. Another luck of a geothermal heat pump is that it is capable of generating a virtually free source of household tepid water. Installing a geothermal system has saved us enough money on our heating plus cooling bills to pay for the higher cost of purchase within 5 years. I like that the geothermal system provides year round comfort, keeps noise levels low plus is unobtrusive. It doesn’t cause concerns with insufficient humidity while in the Winter plus helps to handle excessive humidity in the summer. A multi phase filtration system does a fantastic job of trapping airborne contaminants.