Symbiont on the Radio – All You Need to Know About GeoThermal Pool Heating
—UPDATE—Don’t worry if you missed it, we have a recording for you!
—UPDATE—Don’t worry if you missed it, we have a recording for you!
Symbiont Service presents custom-made plaques to customers to show our appreciation, and our “Thanks for Going Green” with their recent installation of the Symbiont GeoThermal Pool Heating & Cooling System.
Geothermal pool heating has taken the lead as a clean, environmentally sustainable alternative heat source for swimming pools and spas. Using the year-round consistent temperature of groundwater in lakes and aquifer wells, geothermal energy keeps pool and spa water warm without combustion or the inherent inefficiencies of a gas-fired heater. It produces no CO2 gases and employs long-lasting, low-maintenance equipment.
A geothermal aquifer well is an underground water source that supplies two natural resources: water and latent heat energy. In South Florida, the underground aquifers remain a constant 75 degrees year round. This consistent geothermal heat can be utilized by a water-source heat pump to heat swimming pool and spa water more economically than a gas-fired system. Typically, a geothermal swimming pool heater operates at 70 percent to 90 percent less expense than a gas heater. It produces heat entirely without combustion and its negative environmental side effects.
A geothermal lake system is an ideal source for heating your swimming pool. Florida residents are blessed with many lakes that are a dependable source of latent heat to be utilized by a water-source heat pump to heat the water in your spa or swimming pool.
As any geothermal installer can tell you, geothermal systems are the fastest growing alternative energy source to heat houses, household water and swimming pools and spas. It’s clean, environmentally sustainable and offers efficiencies of over 400 percent, depending upon the locale. No wonder so many are jumping on the geothermal bandwagon. However, it hasn’t always been so.
When you’re looking for an HVAC company, technician training is one of the most important factors to consider. Thorough, quality training lets a technician accurately troubleshoot a malfunctioning system, suggest the right equipment for your needs, prevent problems during installation and correct errors made during previous installations.
A geothermal heating and cooling system consists of an indoor and an outdoor portion, both of which are vital to the system’s function. The basic structure of a water-source geothermal system requires an outdoor system of pipes, often referred to as the water loop, placed in a well, aquifer, lake or other water source at a depth where the water retains a consistent year-round temperature. Ground-source heat pumps use a similar loop system buried at a distance beneath the surface where the temperature stays about 50 degrees all year long.
Geothermal heating and cooling is an extremely efficient and cost-effective choice for pool owners in the Florida Suncoast region. When choosing the type of geothermal heating and cooling system that works best for your home and pool, you have several options to consider.
There’s good news for homeowners installing a GeoThermal heat pump for heating and cooling their homes: Federal tax credits are available through the year 2016, and they’re generous. In fact, if you’re set to install a GeoThermal heat pump, you’d be foolish not to take advantage of them.