Recently my client asked me to look into the feasibility of using the Mitsubishi Zuba Central heat pump for heating and cooling the house we are building for him.
Product literature claims Zuba saves up to 60% in fuel consumption compared to conventional furnace/AC.
It also claims the heat...
In a cold country like Canada, do heat pumps work in the winter?
Do heat pumps have any advantage over conventional furnace and air-conditioning systems (for houses).
A company in Maine manufactures so-called "low-temperature" heat pumps - does anybody have any experience with this line of...
An architect in Whistler B.C. got quotes for geothermal system for his 3000sf home - all came in at around $90,000. So he decided to go conventional.
Why do prices vary so much.
I've heard people got their geothermal HVAC system for under $10,000.
In Ontario, only a small portion of our...
Furthermore, it seems Geothermal and electricity always go hand in hand.
Without electricity, there can be no geothermal energy.
Am I right or am I missing something.
I can see geothermal can work if the ground temperature is high enough so that the heat can be easily extracted.
But in Canada?
Our lot is small compared to country lots.
Vertical drilling is unavoidable.
Geothermal is all the rage right now in Toronto.
Drilling companies seem to have fixed their prices.
The quotes to drill between $60,000 to $80,000 are real.
It shows how absurd it can get when environmental issues...
All the geothermal experts I spoke to recommended drilling vertical holes 300' to 400' deep. I got quotes in the range of $60,000 to $80,000 just for drilling. (We are building inside the city of Toronto.)
Furthermore, you are using electricity to extract that tiny amount of heat from the...
I'm an architect in Toronto. My client wants a very large house built with geothermal heating and cooling. The house will have 12,500 sq.ft. of finished space, 10 to 20' high ceilings.
In Toronto in winter, the average earth crust temperature is 45 degrees. Some geothermal jobs I went to see...
is it just a fad or is it practical to use geothermal energy to heat a house in canada?
i understand in toronto, the earth temperature 400' down is about 55 degrees year round.
how much heat can we extract from this relatively cool part of the earth?
what'd happen to the earth if every household...
