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  • Borefield Rescue

    Borefield Rescue

    What do you do if your geothermal borefield is failing?

    Don’t panic; modern technology can help rescue your borefield.

    A properly designed borefield should give you years of indoor air comfort. Unaccounted for changes in building use, climate and global warming impacts and numerous unforseen events, however, can result in borefield temperature issues.
    Historically, engineers did not have the tools to help borefields evolve with the changes. The standard solutions were adding extra borefeet, oversized cooling towers and/or redundant boilers. These fixes may have worked, but they came with an expensive price tag. At least they were better than totally abandoning the borefield.

    Modern technology takes into account previous and future unexpected changes and makes your borefield good as new. Actual historical building data should be analyzed to determine the appropriate size cooling tower or boiler needed to bring the borefield into normal temperature range. Once properly sized equipment is installed, software will use this historical data in conjunction with real time data to optimize the equipment to maintain proper borefield temperatures going forward. Additionally, by using Controls software to optimize the system, energy costs and CO2 emissions are reduced, water consumption is lowered, and unexpected future changes are automatically accounted for.

    Don’t abandon your borefield or add oversized equipment when a better solution is readily available.
    Rescue your borefield, optimize your system, and stay cool for years to come.

  • Storing Heat

    Storing Heat

    It’s no secret that geothermal heating and cooling systems are good for your building, your budget, and the environment by utilizing thermal energy storage.

    Thermal energy storage is a system where the battery is always charged, so to speak. It captures heat energy from the building to use when cooling is needed and returns heat to the building when warmth is required.

  • Geothermal Advantages

    Geothermal Advantages

    There are many advantages to using modern geothermal systems as an alternative to conventional HVAC.  The geothermal systems of today are simple, highly effective and will last decades when designed, installed and maintained properly. Advances in design simulation and modeling software have made it possible to accurately “right – size” ground loop heat exchangers keeping initial capital costs minimized while optimizing building performance. 

     Geothermal heat pumps have an average 20 to 25 year life expectancy while the ground loop infrastructure will reliably perform for 50 to 100 years. The piping network, located in the ground, is constructed of robust high–density polyethylene (HDPE) or cross-linked PEXa material and is not exposed to the elements. Other system components are located inside the building, protected from adverse weather, and require minimal maintenance compared to conventional equipment. Ground loop systems are specifically configured to accommodate the space available, the building requirements and the local climate. Geothermal systems provide owners with extended equipment life cycles that drastically reduce replacement schedules and minimize operational costs. Proper design, periodic maintenance and continual monitoring ensure that the system continues to operate at peak efficiency and provide the performance expected by owners. 

     It is advantageous to have a system that can be relied on for decades that is environmentally friendly, economical and provides a comfortable building environment.