The Benefits Of Geothermal, Energy From Mother Earth!

If your aging, old-fashioned gas or oil furnace is burning money while leaving your fingers and toes cold, it might be a good time to join the thousands of American homeowners who are making the switch to geothermal heat!

Unlike heaters that require oil or propane to provide heat, geothermal heat pumps (also called ground source heaters) transfer heat from water or soil beneath the surface of the earth. Today, the United States produces more geothermal energy than any other nation.

SOC Energy installs and services quality geothermal heat pumps to heat and cool your home and help lower your energy bills.

Benefits of Geothermal Heat:

• Geothermal heat means increased energy efficiency: You can save up to a whopping 70 percent in annual heating costs and up to 50 percent in cooling costs by making the switch. Geothermal units also have longer lifespans and require minimal maintenance – and that means more money in your wallet.

• You can heat AND cool your home with the same pump: A typical geothermal unit is no larger than a small refrigerator, but it can provide both heating and cooling for your entire home. In the summer, a geothermal unit works in reverse. Warm air from inside your home is directed into the ground while a refrigerant cooled by the ground transfers its lower temperature into your ventilation system to cool your home.

• Shhhh! … a geothermal heat pump is quiet: Unlike traditional HVAC units with loud outdoor components, a geothermal unit produces no more noise than your refrigerator. That’s because the main source of noise in conventional systems—the outdoor fan and compressor—is eliminated in a geothermal system because most of its components are installed indoors or buried underground. In other words, you won’t keep the neighbors awake at night!

• You’ll be helping the environment: Both the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy consider geothermal heating and cooling systems to be the most environmentally friendly HVAC systems on the market. Geothermal systems don't emit carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide or any other harmful greenhouse gases. Because they use very little electricity, they even help reduce the peak grid demand. Experts claim that switching to a geothermal system is the equivalent of planting 750 new trees!

• Federal tax credits are available: Homeowners can claim a 30% tax credit for installing a qualifying geothermal system if the installation is completed by December 31, 2025. This credit has no dollar limit, making it a substantial incentive for you to switch to this clean energy technology before the year ends. 

For more information on this green, efficient, quiet heating system, take a look at our Geothermal FAQs. Then contact us to arrange for a FREE, obligation geothermal consultation in your home.