When my hubby & I bought property & decided to build our dream home, the people I was with and I were determined to make smart decisions.
We researched everything from the most durable roofing materials to the most fade-resistant siding.
We looked into all different types of windows, floor coverings, living room chaletets, plumbing fixtures & countertops… I spent afternoons reading reviews about toilets, one of our greatest dilemmas was choosing a heating & cooling system. While the winters are fairly mild in our local area, the summers are severely sizzling & humid. It’s necessary to provide a residential property with both heating & cooling. We considered the combination of a natural gas gas furnace & central a/c but didn’t care about the system of giving up so much space to air duct, but plus, duct systems tend to make a lot of noise, waste a good deal of energy & introduce contaminants into the breathing air. We started looking into the multiple types of heat pumps & came across geothermal units. While a geothermal heat pump costs a lot more than conventional alternatives, the proposal combines heating & cooling capacity. It also achieves 400% efficiency ratings! Because a geothermal heat pump trims energy bills by approximately fifty percent, it can pay for itself in under five years. With the addition of a simple valve, the proposal supplies a virtually free source of sizzling water, however the main advantage of a geothermal heat pump is that it takes advantage of the free, renewable energy found underground. It pulls this heat from the earth & uses a proposal of pipes to transport it indoors. In cooling mode, the heat pump draws heat out of the indoor air & delivers it into the ground. The process avoids combustion byproducts such as carbon monoxide, then geothermal systems are considered the most environmentally responsible option for temperature control by the US EPA.