BRIGHTON, COLO. — One of Colorado’s largest geothermal projects is soon drawing to a close. When finished, Solaire Apartments, in Brighton, Colo., will be entirely heated and cooled by ground-source ...

Ground source heat pumps are well established as a low-carbon heating solution, and a long-term alternative to using fossil fuels to heat your home and hot water. But, unlike other heat sources, there ...

With global warming becoming an urgent issue, heating our homes efficiently -- and sustainably -- has taken center stage. As winters become more unpredictable (and unexpectedly harsh), finding ...

Heat pumps are often talked about as a single technology type, but in practice, there are two main systems used in UK homes: air source and ground source. Both systems work on the same principle, ...

Researchers in Sweden sought to raise the efficiency of ground source heat pumps by combining their operation with that of PVT systems and free cooling. Through a series of simulations, they found ...

A GSHP system couples a heat pump with one or more ground heat exchangers (GHEs) in boreholes or trenches to transfer the ground thermal energy into the building. Figure 2 illustrates a general scheme ...