Along with the awareness of green living & the worries of global warming, eco-friendly technology is increasing popular at this time. And when it comes to home heating, why you don’t try to install and use home geothermal heating system. There are a lot of benefits that you can get, especially for energy saving in long term, either for your personal finance or for better life of the world! This technology uses eco-friendly energy from deep underground of the earth as well as like the nickname implies. The huge different temperature between the underground and the outside surface of the earth is the key of the work principle to heat or cool the air of your house.
But as well we know the installation of home geothermal heating system is not cheap, especially if we compare to other conventional heaters that use familiar fuels like gas or electric energy. This is the big downside that makes most people discouraged to install and use it. However there are more advantages than disadvantages. There are almost no reasons why you reject to choose and use it, particularly if your budget permits for the initial costs of the installation. It is one of nice answers if you are looking for home cooling and heating system that will be last longer and also will be good investment in long term. Furthermore, the air output either warm air or fresh cold air is relatively cleaner and better for human respiratory system. Even the geothermal system doesn’t need air filter that usually must be cleaned or replaced regularly in many regular heater/cooling appliances.
Overall, geothermal heat pumps are one of great alternative choices in the future that friendly to the environment. What else that you have to know about them, especially other related issues about the installation costs and the benefit of effective savings on energy bills?
1. Other pieces of basic information: They are real eco-friendly system that only requires few of fuel when working; even we can say there are no conventional fuels (coal, oil, electricity, gas, etc) for producing the heat energy. There is no any kind of combustion so thus no byproducts like carbon that can be harmful to the environment!
2. They are also powerful enough for cooling system during summer months. Therefore, it is not surprise if there are some people call them as ‘geothermal HVAC system’. Naturally, the temperature of deep underground of the earth is relatively much lower than the outside surface of the earth during summer season. And this condition is 180 degree different during winter season.
3. Drilling cost is usually something that can drain your pocket significantly. This cost could be around $15,000.- to $31,000.- or more. It is usually dependent on the type of the ground of your local area and the size of the system.
4. After considering the drilling costs, next is the cost for the system of the geothermal heat pump itself! It is usually around $2700 /ton of capacity! In many cases, mostly will be required around 3 tons for average larger home. So the cost for the system is around $8,100.-
5. Conclusion: For conventional electrical HVAC system can be purchased around $4,100.- . Geothermal system needs less costs of energy bill (20-30 %) than regular heating/ cooling systems. So, you will get your money back for around 11 to 14 years and in fact on average, you geothermal system lasts 21 – 26 years.
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