Residential Geothermal Heat Pumps

When you decide that it is time for you to build a new home, there are many different “green” options available for improving the energy efficiency of the house. With them, you not only help out the environment, but you also cut down on energy costs.

One of the most common forms of implementing more efficient technology at home is the installation of a geothermal heat pump, also known as a ground source heat pump. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, these heat pumps are not only the most energy efficient method of space conditioning, but they also are one of the most cost-effective systems on the market today.

What is a Geothermal Heat Pump?

Geothermal heat pumps capitalize on the constant underground temperature of the earth, approximately 55°F. Depending on the time of year, these pumps can be used to either remove heat from buildings (summer) or heat a building (winter). In energy terms, the temperature of a building is regulated by either adding or removing heat, as opposed to adding or removing "coolness."

Heat pumps use water or some other liquid as the medium of choice to transfer the heat to or from the home. An underground heat exchanger works to move the heat between inlet pipes, bringing in room-temperature fluid and outlet pipes, sending out earth-temperature fluid. The outgoing medium is then used to condition a living space above ground.

Contact Us

For more information on deciding whether or not a geothermal heat pump is right for your new home, please contact the Orlando homebuilders of BRC Homes, Inc. today at 352-383-1948.