Lower heating costs with Ground Source Heat Pumps

CO2 emissions and high power costs are big matters of concern for everyone in modern life. Ground source heat pumps can be used to reduce both carbon footprint and energy costs for homeowners. Useful heat energy can be absorbed from the ground throughout the year to extract renewable heat energy which can be used to produce heat energy for heating homes and commercial buildings. Ground temperatures in most places are relatively even thoroughout the year. In most places useful heat energy can be produced even when external air temperature drops below zero.

After installation, geothermal heat energy extracted by a ground source heat pump can be used to enable lower heating costs and smaller CO2 emissions for homes, offices, shops and factories. Carbon emissions from a ground source heat pump are usually less than outputs from standard gas-fired, oil-fired or electric heating.

A ground source heat pump system uses the same technology to how a normal domestic refridgerator. Heat energy is pumped out from inside the refridgerator. In the case of a refidgerator extracted heat is simply dispersed as waste heat. With a ground source heat pump the extracted heat is useful heat energy which is harnessed to provide heating for a building or to create a hot water supply.

Frequent alternatives to ground source heat pumps are air source heat pumps which extract heat from the air and water source heat pumps which extract heat from pools and watercourses.