Ground Source Heat Pumps Renewable Energy Creation

Overview

Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHPs for short) are pumps that can function in the basement of your house, just like you would expect from a furnace or any other conventional energy item. Unlike a furnace however, GSHP units do not require energy to be pumped into them from an outside source. They create their own energy and like every promising renewable energy source, they create it in such a way that getting more is never a problem.

The GSHP unit has pipes leading away from it that are installed underground so that they can come in direct contact with the natural environment located in the soil that is under your building. Through this contact, the piping is able to extract heat from the soil, which is then pumped back up to the central heat pump. The heat energy can then be heated up or cooled down, depending on what the particular energy demands at the time happen to be. Because the soil will recover almost instantly thanks to heat being transferred from nearby areas, theoretically there is virtually no limit to the amount of energy that could be extracted and utilized in this manner.

Suggested Products

Rather than discussing suggested products, first it is more important to be aware of possible drawbacks that might be present with a GSHP. As with most renewable energy forms, the GSHP technology is not perfect at the moment. You can run into problems with expensive maintenance and low carbon savings, but at the same time the technology is getting better with the passage of time.

There are many companies within the United Kingdom that specialise in helping with GSHP units, but a good place to start would be Ecovision Systems Limited. This company has a lot of experience with Ground Source Heat Pumps and would likely be able to point you in the right direction and let you know better of a GSHP is right for your particular system.

For Further Reading

Green Spec's Discussion on GSHP: This is a handy article that will really allow you to get down and dirty in terms of learning the details of exactly how Ground Source Heat Pumps work. It will also tell you quite frankly what you should expect in terms of promises versus reality and for that reason can be very useful when you go shopping for a GSHP company to work with.

The Yellow Pages Company Directory: While Ecovision might be the first company on this list, the list of companies that do GSHP work is long. Taking a look at some of the others will allow you to get a sense for what the market is like in terms of the installation of GSHP systems in the present day.