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Is a Geothermal Heat Pump System Right for me?

1/9/2015

A Geothermal Heating System is one of the available heating systems used to keep your home warm during winter. In order to warm your home, geothermal heat pumps pull the heat stored in the earth’s interior and transfer it into your home. Geothermal heat pumps are also used to keep your home cool during the summer. In this case heat is transferred from your home into the earth. We will explain here how you can determine that geothermal heating system is appropriate for your home or not.

New construction or existing residence?

Now we have an idea that geothermal heating systems access thermal energy from the earth to provide heat for your home. It is important to drill geothermal boring holes on your property to reach the constant temperatures in the earth. You may need a considerable area on your property allocated for the drilling of geothermal wells. It can be easily done before you have constructed your home. Pre-existing structure limits the area for the drilling of geothermal wells. However, it is possible to retrofit geothermal heating system in already build home.

Your lot

The type of geothermal heating system that would be best for you depends upon the available space in your yard. There are two major components of geothermal heating systems, a loop field, and a heating pump. The geothermal loop fields could be installed in two directions, horizontal and vertical. Horizontal loop field requires a lot of space, therefore, is more suitable in rural areas. It doesn’t require deep drilling so sometimes is less costly than vertical loop field. Vertical loop field is more common method of installing geothermal heating system. It utilizes smaller area and needs deep drilling. Both these loop fields have their benefits and drawbacks, and both are equally effective systems of heating your home.

Your Investment

Overall cost of geothermal heating system seems extremely high and shocking to many. But in the long run, the use of a geothermal heating and cooling system returns much more than its investment. The upfront cost in installing vertical or horizontal loop fields is higher than a fossil fuel furnace heating system. The higher efficiency of geothermal heating system can payback within a short period after their installation. Your investment to install geothermal heating pump will be appreciated by the considerable reduction of utility bills and you will see the investment restored within the few years of installation. Moreover, geothermal heating system requires low maintenance in contrast to other heating systems.

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Why use electric solar energy?

1/7/2015

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Everyone is looking for a cheap and feasible alternate electricity resource to meet their energy requirement in their homes and offices. People are promptly switching to solar electric power that is one of the best renewable energy resources.

The sun is a gigantic infinite power source that is never coming to an end and so is the solar energy. Solar power is important and popular because it plays its part in sustainable development and producing environmental friendly and economical electricity.

There are many reasons that make the solar electricity far better than the power generated by fossil fuels. Let’s consider our monthly power consumption and its cost that we bear in the form of utility bills or purchasing the large tanks of fuel. Traditional power sources have many negative impacts that we are not even aware of especially in terms of cost. To power our homes by paying utility bills or filling our fuel tanks, we spend a lot of money that impacts us in many ways.

Personal Costs

Electricity rate is never stable and varies continuously that is a major problem if you rely on to meet your energy needs solely from the utility companies. Prices of electricity keep on changing due to the production, transportation, and maintenance costs. Fossil fuels like natural gas, coal and petroleum are mainly used to produce electricity that are all non-renewable resources. The price of fossil fuels can increase every year due to their rapid consumption and limited availability.

Solar energy can meet your residential and commercial need of power within a cost far less than the other sources of energy. Solar panels allow you to generate your own electricity, preventing you to bear the effects of rising utility bills and fuel prices. Installation of solar energy system makes you energy independent and therefore releasing you from the worries of high electricity and fuel prices.

Shared Costs

Fossil fuels are a great threat to the environment causing global warming, air pollution, and acid rain. When we burn fossil fuels to generate electricity, they emit hazardous gases that are not only harmful to the environment, but also to human health as well. It means that to meet our energy needs we expose ourselves to a great threat by relying on fossil fuels. The whole procedure of mining, processing and transporting the fuel has negative impacts. There are oil spills and toxic pollutants that throughout the process cause land, water, and air pollution. So overall, we share negative costs caused by environmental damage and health concerns occurring due to the fossil fuels.

Solar power is a clean and environmental friendly system of generating electricity to power your home appliances and devices. There are no harmful emissions, no drilling, processing and transportation associated with solar energy. Installing solar panels allows you to produce your own electric power at the source without compromising about the surrounding environment. Most important thing is that you can play your part in reducing global warming by shifting to solar electric power.

We know that overall energy costs are never in our control and go beyond the utility bills and expenses of purchasing fuels. Moving to the solar panels to power your homes will dramatically reduce the energy costs you ever imagined. Smith Sustainable Design based in Pennsylvania and New Jersey States gives you the service of planning and installing solar power for your home in an affordable price.

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