Why Install a Geothermal System 

1. Your reinvested annual savings may pay off your system
2. Save on your Heating and Cooling costs
3. Reduce your dependence on natural gas or propane
4. Reduce greenhouse gases that your home produces
5. Eliminate the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning in your home

Your reinvested annual savings may pay off your system: When people ask: “how long will it be before my annual saving equals my system cost” they seldom take their question far enough. In my own system on budget plan, I was paying 250 dollars a month to heat and cool my house, or 2500 dollars annually. My 10-year loan cost is 150 dollars a month (1800 annually). I have increased my cash flow by 436 dollars annually. Although my operation cost is 264 annually in electric. I am rolling over my 436 dollar savings into a Roth IRA. With an average rate of return over the last 75 years of 10 % you will have $ 8,080 at the end of the time period. If your system cost was $22,500, the reinvested savings reduced the cost by 36%! Geothermal systems create primary energy with real dollar values. For a more detailed explanation of geothermal click on: Investment Potential

Save on your heating and cooling costs:  Geothermal space conditioning systems can save you between 50 and 70% on your combined fuel bills per year. In the winter, your energy usage will be limited to the energy needed to run the pump that circulates the fluid through the system.

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have both endorsed ground source heat pump systems as among the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly heating, cooling, and water heating systems available. In a 1993 report, the EPA concluded that geothermal technologies represent a major opportunity for reducing national energy use and pollution, while delivering comfort, reliability and savings to homeowners.

Reduce Your Energy Dependence: Given our growing awareness and concern with diminishing natural resources and rising fuel costs, wouldn't it be nice to have a choice in the matter? What if you could insulate yourself from experiencing increases in fuel costs? As a Geothermal system owner, you can effectively take yourself off of the energy grid (for the most part) and no longer worry about rising energy costs. Your energy usage will be limited to electric energy to run your heat pump, and electric energy costs are expected to remain stable for more than 10 years.

Reduce Pollution: By installing a geothermal system in your home you will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by an amount that is equal to removing 2 cars from the road per year. This is a key reason to decide to GO Geothermal.  If we all converted to this source of energy for our homes we would make a huge impact on our emissions of greenhouse gases. Geothermal systems significantly reduce our dependence on the earth’s finite supply of fossil fuels, and help keep our blue skies blue.

Reduce greenhouse gases: By installing a geothermal system in your home you will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equal to removing two (2) cars from the road per year. Geothermal systems significantly reduce our dependence on the earth's finite supply of fossil fuels and help keep our blue skies blue.

Eliminate Carbon Monoxide dangers:  A Geothermal system does not produce carbon monoxide.  It is a non-combustible fuel source. When inhaled, carbon monoxide interferes with the delivery of oxygen throughout the body and can cause unconsciousness and death. Even small amounts of this colorless, odorless gas cause symptoms ranging from headaches, dizziness, weakness, nausea, confusion, and disorientation, to fatigue. Prolonged exposure may cause permanent brain damage. Children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with anemia or with heart or respiratory problems are especially sensitive to carbon monoxide exposure.

Fascinating facts from the Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium:

• GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS SAVE MONEY. 
  Geoexchange systems represent a savings to homeowners of 30 to 70% in the heating mode and 20 to 50% in the cooling mode, compared to conventional systems. Electric bills for a 2,000 sq. ft. home can be reduced to as low as $1 a day using a geoexchange system. Schools now using geothermal heat pump systems save more than $25 million in energy costs. 
• GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS ARE EFFICIENT. 
  The use of geoexchange lowers electricity demand by approximately 1 kilowatt per ton of capacity. The EPA found that geoexchange systems can reduce energy consumption and corresponding emissions by more than 40% compared to air source heat pumps and by over 70% compared to electric resistance heating with standard air-conditioning equipment.
• GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. Geoexchange systems generate no on-site emissions, using the Earth's energy storage capability to heat and cool buildings and to provide hot water. The earth is a huge energy storage device that absorbs 47% of the sun's energy - more than 500 times more energy than mankind needs every year - in the form of clean, renewable energy. Geoexchange systems take this heat during the heating season at an efficiency approaching or exceeding 400%, and return it during the cooling season.
• GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS STRENGTHEN U.S. ENERGY SECURITY. Every 100,000 homes with geothermal heat pump systems reduces foreign oil consumption by 2.15 million barrels annually and reduces electricity consumption by 799 million kilowatt hours annually.

ACCORDING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY:

• Geothermal heat pump systems, also known as "geoexchange," are the most energy efficient, environmentally clean, and cost-effective space conditioning systems available.
• Geoexchange systems significantly reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions associated with standard heating and cooling systems while saving consumers money. For every 100,000 units of typically sized residential geothermal heat pumps installed, more than 37.5 trillion BTU's of energy used for space conditioning and water heating can be saved. This corresponds to an emissions reduction of roughly 2.18 million metric tons of carbon equivalents. The estimated cost savings to consumers: $750 million over a twenty-year period.