Geothermal
Technology Grounded in Efficiency
Geothermal technology uses the stability of ground temperature to enable innovative heating and cooling. Throughout the year, the ground temperature stays constant at 55 degrees, allowing geothermal technology to transfer heat into your home during the colder months and pump heat into the ground when it’s hot.
While this may sound complicated, we’ll help you make an informed decision about whether a geothermal system is right for your home.
How it Works
Objects always contain some amount of heat energy, ensuring there’s always a source to tap into. Geothermal systems allow us to harness this energy to heat your home through liquid that conducts heat more effectively than air. This allows you to efficiently warm your home using the Earth’s natural thermal energy.
Cooling
Ground source heat pumps are a common geothermal system. Here’s a quick overview of how they work:
1) A heat exchanger absorbs heat from the air indoors using a fluid cooler than the air outside.
2) The heated fluid flows through a network of pipes and tubing buried in the ground where it releases its absorbed heat.
3) Eventually, the fluid returns to the heat exchanger, cooled off and ready to absorb more heat.
4) The cycle repeats until you achieve the desired indoor temperature.
Heating
Heating your home with a geothermal system follows a similar process to cooling, but with heat moving the other direction.
1) Fluid in the network of pipes and tubing absorb heat from the ground, which is then brought into the heat exhanger inside.
2) The heated fluid transfers its energy to the air inside, resulting in raised indoor temperatures.
3) As the fluid cools, it circulates back through piping underground.
4) The cycle repease until you achieve the diesired indoor temperature.
What to Expect
Here’s what you can expect when you work with the experts at Baumann & DeGroot.
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