Environmentally Friendly
You can’t discuss a geothermal system without talking about the positive environmental impact versus fossil fuel systems. An EPA study of energy efficiency concluded geothermal energy is the most environmentally friendly heating/cooling system. A recent study by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that deployment of geothermal systems could achieve 35-40% of the national goal to use no more non-renewable energy in 2030 than in 2008.
Our systems emit no carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide or other greenhouse gasses, which are considered to be major contributors to environmental air pollution.
Installing a SINGLE geothermal system in a typical 2500 sq ft home is equal, in greenhouse gas reduction, to planting an acre of trees, or taking two cars off the road. Geothermal installations in the U.S. have eliminated more than 4.35 million metric tons of CO2 annually. This is equivalent to taking nearly 1,000,000 cars off the road or planting nearly 300 million trees! Current geothermal installations save more than 16 million barrels of crude oil per year, significantly reducing our reliance on foreign fuels.
CO2 Emissions
| Oil | 22.0 lbs per gallon |
| Natural Gas | 12.2 lbs per therm (100,000 BTUs) |
| Propane | 11.7 lbs per gallon |
| Electric – NG powered | 0.9 lbs per KWH |
| Electric – coal powered | 2.2 lbs per KWH |
| Electric – hydro powered | 0 lbs. per KWH |
| Electric – Nuclear powered | 0 lbs. per KWH |
Energy Saved…….Environment Saved
For every 100,000 units of typically sized residential geothermal heating & cooling systems installed, more than 37.5 trillion BTU’s of energy used for space conditioning and water heating can be saved corresponding to an emissions reduction of about 2.18 metric tons of CO2. Every 100,000 homes with a geothermal heating & cooling system reduces foreign oil consumption by 2.15 million barrels annually.