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    A geothermal heat pump uses the constant temperatures below ground to provide highly efficient heating and cooling for buildings. It works by exchanging heat with the ground through a buried loop of pipes, taking advantage of the Earth's stable temperature to boost efficiency compared to air-source heat pumps. While initial setup costs are higher, geothermal heat pumps save significantly on energy bills over time and can reduce costs within 3 to 10 years. They also have operational lifespans of 25-50+ years, making them a very sustainable HVAC option.

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    A geothermal heat pump uses the constant temperatures below ground to provide highly efficient heating and cooling for buildings. It works by exchanging heat with the ground through a buried loop of pipes, taking advantage of the Earth's stable temperature to boost efficiency compared to air-source heat pumps. While initial setup costs are higher, geothermal heat pumps save significantly on energy bills over time and can reduce costs within 3 to 10 years. They also have operational lifespans of 25-50+ years, making them a very sustainable HVAC option.

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    A geothermal heat pump uses the constant temperatures below ground to provide highly efficient heating and cooling for buildings. It works by exchanging heat with the ground through a buried loop of pipes, taking advantage of the Earth's stable temperature to boost efficiency compared to air-source heat pumps. While initial setup costs are higher, geothermal heat pumps save significantly on energy bills over time and can reduce costs within 3 to 10 years. They also have operational lifespans of 25-50+ years, making them a very sustainable HVAC option.

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    A geothermal heat pump uses the constant temperatures below ground to provide highly efficient heating and cooling for buildings. It works by exchanging heat with the ground through a buried loop of pipes, taking advantage of the Earth's stable temperature to boost efficiency compared to air-source heat pumps. While initial setup costs are higher, geothermal heat pumps save significantly on energy bills over time and can reduce costs within 3 to 10 years. They also have operational lifespans of 25-50+ years, making them a very sustainable HVAC option.

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    Geothermal heat pump

    A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling
    system that transfers heat to or from the ground.
    It uses the earth all the time, without any intermittency, as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat
    sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to
    boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be
    combined with solar heating to form a geosolarsystem with even greater efficiency. They are also
    known by other names, including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The
    engineering and scientific communities prefer the terms "geoexchange" or "ground source heat
    pumps" to avoid confusion with traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat
    source to generate electricity. Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's
    surface from solar energy. The temperature in the ground below 6 metres (20 ft) is roughly equal to
    the mean annual air temperature at that latitude at the surface.
    Depending on latitude, the temperature beneath the upper 6 metres (20 ft) of Earth's surface
    maintains a nearly constant temperature between 10 and 16 °C (50 and 60 °F), if the temperature is
    undisturbed by the presence of a heat pump. Like a refrigerator or air conditioner, these systems use
    a heat pump to force the transfer of heat from the ground. Heat pumps can transfer heat from a cool
    space to a warm space, against the natural direction of flow, or they can enhance the natural flow of
    heat from a warm area to a cool one. The core of the heat pump is a loop of refrigerant pumped
    through a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle that moves heat. Air-source heat pumps are
    typically more efficient at heating than pure electric heaters, even when extracting heat from cold
    winter air, although efficiencies begin dropping significantly as outside air temperatures drop below
    5 °C (41 °F). A ground source heat pump exchanges heat with the ground. This is much more
    energy-efficient because underground temperatures are more stable than air temperatures through
    the year. Seasonal variations drop off with depth and disappear below 7 metres (23 ft) to 12 metres
    (39 ft) due to thermal inertia. Like a cave, the shallow ground temperature is warmer than the air
    above during the winter and cooler than the air in the summer. A ground source heat pump extracts
    ground heat in the winter (for heating) and transfers heat back into the ground in the summer (for
    cooling). Some systems are designed to operate in one mode only, heating or cooling, depending on
    climate.
    Geothermal pump systems reach fairly high coefficient of performance (CoP), 3 to 6, on the coldest
    of winter nights, compared to 1.75–2.5 for air-source heat pumps on cool days. Ground source heat
    pumps (GSHPs) are among the most energy-efficient technologies for providing HVAC and water
    heating.
    Setup costs are higher than for conventional systems, but the difference is usually returned in
    energy savings in 3 to 10 years, and even shorter lengths of time with federal, state and utility tax
    credits and incentives. Geothermal heat pump systems are reasonably warranted by manufacturers,
    and their working life is estimated at 25 years for inside components and 50+ years for the ground
    loop. As of 2004, there are over one million units installed worldwide providing 12 GW of thermal
    capacity, with an annual growth rate of 10%.
    Source: https://energync.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Geothermal_Heat_Pump_House_Infographic.jpg

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