You Need to Know Benefits of Ground Source Heat Pump Before Buying

Ground energy is a boon for human race as it's a consistent heat source during winters whereas in summers absorbs excessive heat. It is used for moderating temperature of the structure standing on it. Plus once installed in a commercial building, it increases its sale value and can be used for many years to come. Before you buy a ground source heat pump, you must go through its advantages that have been given below.

                    

• Cheap way of producing heat: You save money by installing Ground Source Heat Pump as they are much cheaper than oil boilers, direct electric heating system and gas boiler. However, the performance of this heat pump type has nothing to do with its being cheaper than others.
• Requires less effort: Apart from saving huge cost, you also save your energy and efforts as ground source heat pumps can be operated fully automatically thus requiring less efforts than biomass boilers.
• Save space: As this pump type doesn't need fuel storage requirements, you save space. Additionally, you don't have hassles of managing fuel deliveries. Moreover, ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) do not involve any risk of fuel being stolen.
• Ensures safety: GSHPs are safe models with no combustion involved or having the potential risk of emission of  lethal gases. You can install them with the assurance of being safe and sound.
• Less management, longer life: The best part of buying a GSHP is that it need less maintenance than heating systems that run on combustion such as combustion boilers. Also they have longer life than them, saving replacement and installation cost. The ground heat exchanger of a GSHP works for around 50 years.
• Do not emit Carbon: GSHPs can be called environmental friendly to some extent as they do not produce carbon emission if a renewable electricity source is being used to power them. But for such a model, you may need an expert design and complex installation.
• Recycle heat: GSHPs are the single renewable energy technology that recycles heat from summer to winter using thermal energy of the ground. Thus it provides cooling during summers and heat during winters.
• Increase property value: If you have installed ground source heating system in your property/building, chances are that you may obtain an increased sale value of it due to the additional facility.
• Requires no planning permission: You do not need planning permission to install GSHPs as they do not produce sound, are safe because there is negligible chances of leakage of dangerous gases and are installed in such a place that they do become obtrusive.

To attain maximum advantages of a ground source heating system, you must recruit someone with a significant experience in their designing and installation. Such a person can fill in all the loopholes, thus increasing performance of your pump. He must also understand the energy requirements of your building to come up with an efficient heat pump design which can provide sustainable energy for a longer period of time.

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