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Geothermal Heating Systems are Energy-Efficient and a Greenest Option

2/27/2015

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Geothermal Heating Systems are Energy-Efficient and a Greenest Option
Due to the climate change and other environmental issues, many homeowners and business owners prefer to use environmental friendly systems to reduce the harmful impacts on the environment. Very often we hear about the “green” products in the market that are supposed to have none or a little harmful impact on the environment during the cycle of their production to disposal. Geothermal heating system in terms of “green” is the most environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient system out of all other green products and systems.

In the United States, use of fossil fuels is very common for the purpose of heating and cooling, in a home and business. In order to maintain a comfortable temperature in your indoors, it requires almost 50 percent of the total energy consumption of an average home. Fossil fuels that are commonly used to provide heat to your home require more energy and are less efficient as compared to the geothermal heating system. Use of fossil fuels for heating purpose not only wastes valuable non-renewable resources, but it also results in damage to the environment.

Geothermal heating systems need much lesser energy than a furnace or other heating systems thus have the highest positive impacts on the environment. There are no burning of fossil fuels involved in the case of geothermal heat pumps. This system utilizes natural energy present within the earth's interior to provide heat to your home or office. Overall operation of geothermal heat pumps needs energy of the earth and electricity, making the working of heat pumps free of any combustion and unsafe byproducts such as greenhouse gases. Geothermal heating systems use a larger percentage of natural geothermal energy for the operation instead of electricity, which makes it possible to lower the energy consumption by conserving electricity.

Because of their high efficiency almost half of the world’s direct geothermal usage is associated with geothermal heating systems. The efficiency of geothermal heat pump systems is higher than the other available green products and systems so they are more effective in reducing harmful environmental impacts. You can make your home environmental friendly and truly “green” by installing geothermal heating system. These systems will help you to reduce your carbon footprint and save your money for any other heating or cooling system. For more information on Geothermal heating systems, call Smith Sustainable Design based in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Daphne Gilpin link
4/19/2019 10:09:44 am

I like how you explained that geothermal heating systems are the best option for the environment because they need much less energy than any other kind of heating system. My husband and I want to have a custom home built and are trying to make environmentally conscious decisions whenever we can. I'm glad I read your article because I didn't know geothermal systems were the clear outlier when it came to high energy efficiency!

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Kristofer Van Wagner link
4/13/2021 08:49:52 am

I appreciate that this post pointed out that one of the benefits of geothermal heating system is that it is more energy efficient. The other day my sister mentioned that she is looking for a way to reduce her electricity bill. After reading this post, I will make a point to hire an experienced contractor to have it installed.

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