Determine energy charges. Geothermal heat pump systems have lower operating costs, lower maintenance costs, lower life cycle costs, increased reliability, and greater comfort than alternative cooling and heating systems. Geothermal heating and cooling takes the proven heat pump technology and uses it to extract heat from the earth in winter to warm us and dissipates heat in summer to cool us. Learn about some GeoThermal concepts. Geothermal heat pump systems are used in many types of buildings to provide energy efficient indoor comfort.
Solar energy is stored in the outer layers of the earth's crust.
Energy is transferred daily to and from the earth's surface by solar radiation, rainfall, snow, ice, and wind. Knowing the type of soil or rock is important, different soil and rock types have different heat transfer rates. This camera means there is a picture associated with the text you're reading. Click on it, to view the image. All rights reserved.