Small Carbon Footprint with a Big Embrace
The Re-Greening of a Mountain Home
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Industry
Single-family Housing
Category
Product(s) Installed:
Customer
Residential Customer
Location
Pennsylvania, USA
Scope
Extensive HVAC upgrades using radiant heat to warm the rural log home and the addition of a large log garage with living quarters above.
Solution
Upgrade to a geo-to-radiant solution that included a 27 SEER water-to-air heat pump for a/c and back-up heat, and a high-temp, water-to-water system as the "geothermal boiler" to drive the radiant heat into a 120-gallon "thermal target" storage tank.
Result (ROI)
The customers saw an 80-percent drop in energy expenses, their carbon footprint got a lot smaller, as added to the size of their comfort zone.