Do you have a residential geothermal heating system.?

Please share you experience- who installed it, how much did it cost, how well does it work, how much did your energy bills change by. if u have or had solar and could compare please do. trying to decide if it’s worth it to do this.

I don’t an actual system, but I have some knowledge on how a geothermal system works. Geothermal heating systems, also called ground-source heat pumps, capture the supply of heat energy and move it from the Earth and through a home or building by recycling water through PVC pipe. Basically, once installed, a home or building owner will use much less energy, save money each month, and reduce the amount of pollution produced by fossil fuel systems. It has recently been estimated that if all the school sysytems in the US were to convert to a geothermal system that would save 200 million barrels of crude oil a year!

Call your local HVAC specialist, he should have information on local area contractors who specialize in this sort of work

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