Comments on: Geothermal | Anyone can Save 40% on Their Electric Bill http://renergycafe.com/2009/02/geothermal-anyone-can-save-40-on-thier-electric-bill/ Just another Renergycafe.com weblog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:23:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Solar pool heater http://renergycafe.com/2009/02/geothermal-anyone-can-save-40-on-thier-electric-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Solar pool heater Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:52:01 +0000 http://renergycafe.com/?p=734#comment-176 Solar photovoltaic systems are by far the most cost efficient systems for heating available Solar photovoltaic systems are by far the most cost efficient systems for heating available

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://renergycafe.com/2009/02/geothermal-anyone-can-save-40-on-thier-electric-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Chris Johnson Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:31:51 +0000 http://renergycafe.com/?p=734#comment-148 Kup: A few technologies you can google: 'solar water heater', 'vacuum tube solar water heater' (alternatively 'evacuated tube solar water heater'), and hydronics. The first are all about solar methods of heating water: vacuum tube is truly awesome. The word 'hydronics' is not widely known. Google it and learn how the builders can put tubes in your floor for space heating, and install cooling valances to replace air conditioning. With these you can reduce your area heating and cooling bills to zero, or very near. Cheers, Chris Kup:

A few technologies you can google: ’solar water heater’, ‘vacuum tube solar water heater’ (alternatively ‘evacuated tube solar water heater’), and hydronics.

The first are all about solar methods of heating water: vacuum tube is truly awesome.

The word ‘hydronics’ is not widely known. Google it and learn how the builders can put tubes in your floor for space heating, and install cooling valances to replace air conditioning.

With these you can reduce your area heating and cooling bills to zero, or very near.

Cheers, Chris

]]> By: admin http://renergycafe.com/2009/02/geothermal-anyone-can-save-40-on-thier-electric-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-127 admin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:52:42 +0000 http://renergycafe.com/?p=734#comment-127 I found an excelent article for you Kup. There really is quite a bit of potential in that idea. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/2/18/212538/864 check it out its pretty cool I found an excelent article for you Kup. There really is quite a bit of potential in that idea. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/2/18/212538/864
check it out its pretty cool

]]> By: Kup http://renergycafe.com/2009/02/geothermal-anyone-can-save-40-on-thier-electric-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Kup Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:12:28 +0000 http://renergycafe.com/?p=734#comment-126 I've been toying with the idea of designing and building my next house and making it a zero net energy house. I'm leaning toward a geothermal heat pump for my heating and cooling needs (along with other design features such as passive solar design, solar pv and solar thermal). Anyway, it seems very reasonable that tying a geothermal pump to a solar thermal system during the cool/cold months of the year would dramatically reduce the operational costs of a geothermal system. Anybody have any good thoughts/resources on this? I have searched the web and don't find many examples of this on residential projects. I’ve been toying with the idea of designing and building my next house and making it a zero net energy house. I’m leaning toward a geothermal heat pump for my heating and cooling needs (along with other design features such as passive solar design, solar pv and solar thermal). Anyway, it seems very reasonable that tying a geothermal pump to a solar thermal system during the cool/cold months of the year would dramatically reduce the operational costs of a geothermal system.

Anybody have any good thoughts/resources on this? I have searched the web and don’t find many examples of this on residential projects.

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