Energy Security

A GeoExchange system provides a buffer between you and rising utility prices.
Because you’re tapping into solar energy stored in the Earth – energy you already own – you pay for only a fraction of the energy that you need to heat your home.
Depending on the system you install you can get from 3 to 6 units of heat for every unit of electricity that you buy.
In uncertain times, an investment in your own energy security is an excellent one.

Save Up To 80% On Your Heating Bills

With GeoExchange you get dramatic energy efficiency and energy consumption for a new building’s heating, cooling, and hot water can be reduced by 60% to 80%.
This means that the higher capital costs of GeoExchange systems are offset immediately by lower utility bills.
The simple payback on a GeoExchange system in an average home ranges from six to twelve years. The wide range is due to the different options for mechanical systems and ground coupling.  If energy prices continue to rise, which they are unanimously expected to do; payback periods will be even shorter.

Fewer Greenhouse Gases

Every gigajoule of natural gas combusted in a home contributes 0.05 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
A Geo-Exchange system in a typical 2500 sq. ft. home removes approximately 5 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere – equivalent to planting an acre of trees each year the system is operated – or taking a midsize car off the road! Take that same home…upgrade the envelope and integrate your domestic hot water into the mix and we’re talking 10 Tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions displaced.

Increase The Value Of Your Property

High efficiency energy systems like GeoExchange add value to your property as soon as they are installed. When you consider both gas and electricity prices are going to get more expensive and that your utilities costs could rise at any given time you realize how unstable our traditional systems are. Imagine that the demand for energy is going to keep growing, and has already grown 25% since the 90’s.  Finally, acknowledge that the production and generation of these traditional energy sources creates pollution and damages our environment. It simply makes sense to deduct that a home with lower operating costs, a passive heating and cooling system and a secure energy source will demonstrate its resale value.
*Real Estate studies in California have shown that a property gains $20,000 in value for every $1,000 in operating cost reductions. This means that in many cases, a geo system is virtually a break-even installation from day 1, and operating cost reductions are icing on the cake. We understand that location, location, location is still the make or break of real-estate but energy independence is high on the list.

*Note: we are currently in the process of collecting Canadian data to support this argument and will post asap.

High Performance Heating And Cooling

Geoexchange is the “hybrid vehicle” of home heating. Geoexchange has been identified as the most efficient and cost effective heating method by both NRCan and the EPA in the U.S.

Government Rebates For Retrofits

Through the LiveSmart BC program, rebates are available for Air source heat pump systems, Geoexchange systems  for new builds including replacements & retrofits and Energy Star Gas furnace systems.
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