Re: Geothermal heat pumps | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Charles Sheehan-Miles (cmilesngwrc.org) | |
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:45:35 -0600 (MDT) |
We are using geothermal heat pumps at Blueberry Hill CoHousing in northern Virginia. There are some geothermal links on our links page at http://www.blueberryhill.org ******************************************************************** Charles Sheehan-Miles Sheehan-Miles family home page: http://63.73.48.50 National Secretary, National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc., http://www.ngwrc.org Board of Directors, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, http://leb.net/epic ----- Original Message ----- From: <vbradova [at] bestweb.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <cohousing-l [at] freedom2.mtn.org> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 12:41 PM Subject: Geothermal heat pumps > I got into searching the web for info on this form of heating, cooling and hot > water heating, and was just blown over by the overwhelming positives of this > new technology. It seems to have come of age (not some iffy new thing), it drastically > cuts energy bills, does not pollute, runs quietly indoors, and it is often subsidized > by special low interest mortgages and home improvement loans. Even the US government > is singing its praises! A total win/win situation. I am so impressed I want > to install it in our current house -- the oil prices are thru the roof, and > we have a steep curvy driveway that is hell to navigate in the winter, and the > plowers rip it up and charge an arm and a leg when we have to scramble to get > it ready for the oil truck... > > So... I called our utility; they have not heard of it and have no info. Called > a lot of heating suppliers in our area, most have not heard of it, one said > that it does not work in the north east because of our high electricity prices, > and one said "we do it all the time" but could not find a technician to speak > with me, and I suspect they meant just plain ole heat pumps, not the geothermal > kind. > > Have any other northeastern cohousing groups done these pumps? Any advice re > suppliers and installers? > > Vera >
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