by John Manning | Apr 18, 2023 | General Blog, Uncategorized
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....
by John Manning | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog
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...
by John Manning | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
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....
by John Manning | May 14, 2017 | Blog, General Blog
by John Manning | Sep 5, 2016 | General Blog
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...
by John Manning | Sep 4, 2016 | General Blog
We were pleased to be able to participate in the Wisconsin Geothermal Association’s Annual Conference and the following 3 video’s are the live recordings of the three subjects covered in our presentation:
by John Manning | Sep 4, 2016 | General Blog
We were pleased to be able to participate in the Minnesota Geothermal Heat Pump Association’s Annual Conference and the following 3 video’s are the live recordings of the three subjects covered in our presentation:
by John Manning | Sep 4, 2016 | General Blog
In response to the comment below, I submit the following: There are several methods that could be employed when faced with such a situation – namely (4) loops at 200’ and (1) loop at 100’. To better define the situation we will have to make some assumptions: All loops...
by John Manning | Sep 4, 2016 | General Blog
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...
by John Manning | Sep 4, 2016 | General Blog
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...
by John Manning | Sep 3, 2016 | General Blog
As my first BLOG, I’ve opted to present an article I wrote a while ago, I welcome your comments and feedback. First of all, kudos to everyone who spoke out in the recent issues of BIG GREEN (Big Green Digest – 05/05/03) regarding Ground Source aka...
