Dallas Geothermal Heat Pump

Dallas Geothermal Heat Pump: Go Green & Saving Money

Recently, everyone in Dallas has been thinking about the green movement and environmental responsibility. People have been trying to save money for much longer than that; probably since money was invented. Installing a new Dallas geothermal heat pump is one way to accomplish both goals. Call the technicians at Frost Brothers Heating and Air team for turnkey installation of a geothermal heating and air

Geothermal Energy

What is geothermal energy anyway? Geothermal energy is clean sustainable energy harvested from the earth itself. It can be gathered from shallow ground or from hot rocks and water a few miles down. If you wanted to drill very far into the earth, you could tap into very hot layers of magma.

Dallas Geothermal Heat Pump

What exactly is a geothermal heat pump? It’s not nearly as technical as it sounds. It has three basic parts: the ground heat exchanger, the heat pump unit, and the ductwork. The heat exchanger is a “loop” of pipes buried in the shallow ground with fluid circulating through the pipes to either absorb heat or disperse it. The fluid is usually just a mixture of water and anti-freeze.

How a Geothermal Heat Pump Works

Will a Dallas geothermal heat pump need to drill all the way to the magma? No. A geothermal heat pump takes advantage of the fact that the shallow ground, the top ten feet, stays at a temperature somewhere between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit year round. This layer is warmer than the surface air during the winter and colder during the summer. The geothermal heat pump works much like a traditional heat pump by removing heat from the ground and pumping it inside your house during the winter and reversing the process in the summer. A great advantage is that the heat removed from your house during the summer can be used to provide free hot water instead of being dispersed under ground.

Energy Savings

Geothermal heat pumps in the Dallas area use much less energy than traditional heat pumps because it is easier to draw heat from the shallow ground than from the air. Oftentimes, it will become too cold for regular heat pumps to get any heat from the air and the supplementary heat turns on. This heating system is not much more than expensive old fashioned baseboard heat. The free hot water option in the summer is also a great energy savings in addition to the geothermal heat pump being more efficient at cooling your home as well. Add in the fact that air pollution is greatly reduced by these units as well, and the benefits keep increasing.