CGC Publishes Commercial Designer Accreditation
Montréal, 2012-01-11The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC) released a new geothermal qualityprogram designation for commercial geothermal heat pump system designer...Read more
GeoExchange is the industry's term used to describe an alternative to traditional oil- gas- or coal-fired heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Geoexchange systems have also been referred to as earth energy systems, or geothermal heat pump systems.
The idea is to take advantage of the ground's heating and cooling properties (the same properties that make any basement cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter) to heat or cool entire buildings. This heat 'exchange' between the ground and the building is accomplished by using standard pump and compressor technology.
The advantages of geoexchange technology include:

