Here’s how geothermal energy heats and cools a home
1 year, 8 months ago

Here’s how geothermal energy heats and cools a home

Associated Press  

Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal — also known as ground source — heat pumps. When the house needs cooling — say on an 85-degree July day — a refrigerant, which is a special fluid, absorbs unwanted heat indoors and transfers it to water in the long piping, circulating it underground, giving it time to cool to the constant mid-50s below. A drill rig for a geothermal heat pump sits outside a home in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, May 8, 2023. Supporters say lower operating costs eventually make that worthwhile, because the superpower of ground source heat pumps is that they use very little electricity to move heat around.

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Here's how geothermal energy heats and cools a home
1 year, 8 months ago

Here's how geothermal energy heats and cools a home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some homeowners looking to switch …

Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house
1 year, 8 months ago

Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house

Associated Press  

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The enormous heat pumps warming cities
2 years, 2 months ago

The enormous heat pumps warming cities

BBC  

The enormous heat pumps warming cities AerialPerspective/Getty Images The search is on to find effective ways to decarbonise heat which can be rolled out at scale. Evie Townend Ceri Simmons' heat pump, seen here outside her house, now supplies all her heat and hot water from a network of pipes under the street The Heat the Streets project in Stithians …

Why You (and the Planet) Really Need a Heat Pump
3 years ago

Why You (and the Planet) Really Need a Heat Pump

Wired  

Our descendants will look back on this time in human history with a mixture of confusion and disgust. “Heat pumps are a few years behind electric vehicles but really deserve similar attention and could deliver very sizable reductions in emissions if we deployed them much more rapidly,” says Jan Rosenow, director of European programs at the Regulatory Assistance Project, an …

How can I heat my home more sustainably?
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How can I heat my home more sustainably?

The Independent  

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