Eight Fast Facts About Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Yes, indeed, it’s a big step to decide on going with a geothermal heating and cooling system for your home. But it is a step up. And many Pine County homeowners will tell you so – especially those who engaged Willow River Geothermal for their geothermal system installation. If you’re still mulling your options over, not quite psyched to choose, give these geothermal facts a whirl:

  • Present-day geothermal technology is a proven technology that’s been put to the test – and acing it! – for upwards of 50 years.
  • Right now, there are well over one million commercial and residential geothermal heating and cooling installations in this country alone.
  • Consumer happiness with geothermal heating and cooling is high, with owners rating the comfort, operational ease, and energy savings their geothermal systems afford higher than that of any other system with which they’re familiar.
  • A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study reveals that geothermal systems have the lowest life-cycle costs of any other heating and cooling system currently sold.
  • Maintenance expenses are noticeably lower with geothermal than with conventional central HVAC systems chiefly because geothermal systems have relatively few moving mechanical parts and require relatively little maintenance to begin with.
  • Geothermal heating and cooling systems can hold up for a solid 30 to 50 years, whereas standard HVAC systems quite often are in need of repair or replacement after 15 years.
  • Comparing the cost of local utilities and fossil fuel to the cost of maintaining a geothermal heating and cooling system makes it patently obvious that Pine County owners of geothermal systems normally find their energy bills reduced by amounts ranging anywhere from 30 to 70 percent!
  • Geothermal heating and cooling systems are recognized as being more environmentally accommodating than any fossil fuel system, producing, by comparison, nearly one pound less of CO2 for each hour of use.

If these fast facts have made a geothermal heating and cooling system look more irresistable to you, get hold of Willow River Geothermal , the Pine County geothermal specialists, today. There’s much more we can tell you to set your mind at ease. And when you’re ready to take the plunge, we’ll deliver just the geothermal heating and cooling system that can handle your home.