Installing an energy efficient furnace and air conditioning unit is a good way to lower your energy bills while helping the environment. But if you’re looking for an HVAC system that blows all other ones out of the water, you should do some research on the most energy efficient heating and cooling system available – a geothermal heat pump! Geothermal heat pumps are the longest lasting heating and cooling systems on the market, and can provide energy savings as high as 70% compared to traditional furnaces and air conditioners!

If you’re ready to install a geothermal heat pump in your Maryland or Washington, DC home, call Wheat & Sons today!

Benefits of Geothermal Heat Pumps

Geothermal heat pumps are cost effective

Despite their high install costs, incredible savings over the life of the unit make geothermal heat pumps a very smart investment. Most geothermal heat pumps pay for themselves in about five to six years, which means that over decades of operation (most geothermal heat pumps are guaranteed to last as many as 50 years!), you should see a significant return on investment. Also, since geothermal heat pumps draw heat directly from the ground, you will not have to deal with gas or oil companies – no more high utilities, no more service outages.

Geothermal heat pumps are highly efficient

Geothermal heat pumps are the most efficient residential heating and cooling systems available today, with heating efficiencies 50 – 70% higher than conventional systems in the winter and cooling efficiencies 20 – 40% higher in the summer. Not only that, but they can take excess heat (especially during the winter) and use it to provide free hot water!

Since geothermal heat pumps move heat from the earth to your home and vice versa, they require no fuel to operate. This means no harmful emissions escaping into the air and no consumption of foreign oil and other resources. Energy savings are so great that the approximately 1,000,000 geothermal heat pumps currently in use in the United States are saving about 8 billion kWh of electricity and 40 trillion BTUs of fossil fuels – that is the equivalent of taking nearly 1.3 million cars off the road!

Other benefits of geothermal heat pumps

The benefits of geothermal heat pumps don’t end there! Marylanders all over have been enjoying the clean energy of their geothermal heat pumps, along with:

• No Outdoor Equipment
• Low Operating Cost
• Lower Maintenance Costs
• Longest System Lifetime
• No Emissions to the Environment
• No Defrost Cycle
• More Comfort

Between the energy savings and the energy tax credit, there has never been a better time to purchase and install a new geothermal heat pump in your home. If you live in Maryland or Washington, DC and are ready to invest in a new geothermal heat pump, call Wheat & Sons today!