Could This Be Your Story?

Chapter 1: The Beginning John Smith was a geothermal contractor. He had been in the business for over 20 years, and he had seen a lot of changes in the industry. When he first started out, geothermal heat pumps were a new technology, and they were not very popular....

Ecoforest Obtains AHRI Certification for NetZero Products

The most sophisticated Water-to-Water Heat Pump obtains AHRI Certification  Although the AHRI Standard (13256-2) was never designed to truly reflect the seasonal efficiency of such a sophisticated heat pump, obtaining this Certification has cleared the way to qualify...

Who Stole my Gas Meter?

OMG, how am I going to heat my home or take a hot shower? Winter is coming! And, in Upstate New York it can seem like it lasts for years (Ugh!). Before we call 911, my meter was not stolen, it is merely the first step at decommissioning an archaic infrastructure....

GEOTHERMAL LECTURE

A Geothermal Lecture on April 16, 2015 presented at the Environmental School of Forestry explores the basic elements of how geothermal heat pump system works and also explores the relationship of this technology to solving the Climate Change issue as well as how it...

IS YOUR ENGINEER DUMBER THAN A BAG OF ROCKS?

I recognize that this is a pretty harsh statement; after all, rocks deserve more respect. All kidding aside, there are some very serious issues that we as an industry need to discuss. My intent is to simply capture the attention of all geothermal system designers such...

LOOP FIELD DESIGN – “GROUPING”

The “Grey” Paper Concept – There is a term widely used called a “White Paper”, I do not know the derivation of this term, but it implies to me that the world can easily be described in black and white terms. Anyone involved in technical design has to recognize the...