Geothermal HVAC, Green Heating and Cooling December 2, 2010by
Penelope
I'm a LEED AP in a busy office with everyone fighting for an advantage, and I started researching the possibilities of using geothermal heating in some upcoming projects. So I bought a couple of textbooks on the subject. What a waste of time! Like I need to know how to do heat fusion or whatever...
Anyway, I Googled "Geothermal Book" and thank heaven!, McGraw-Hill had published this book...real life stories and examples of geothermal installations from all over. This is not one of theose blah,blah, blah, go and want to hang yourself books. Though I wouldn't recommend it in place of a good movie, it's the closest I've ever come to enjoying an engineering textbook...and it is written to a layman's standard. Highly, highly recommended.
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In-depth, practical details on geothermal HVAC systemsThis definitive guide covers commercial and residential geothermal heating, ventilation, and air conditioning technologies and explains how to take advantage of their money- and energy-saving features.Geothermal HVAC: Green Heating and Coolingreviews the array of choices currently available, offers market values for systems based on varying options and conditions, and describes how to pair the best systems for each application and budget. Whether you're a contractor or a consumer, you'll find out what you need to know to implement a geothermal HVAC system in a retrofit or new construction project, and start benefiting from this sustainable, affordable technology.Find out how to: Learn the basic types of heat transfer--convection, conduction, and radiation Understand how geothermal earth-coupled heat pumps work Determine which ground loops to use for earth coupling to best meet the demands of the site Use load sharing to channel the heat differential of one device into useful energy for another Calculate system efficiencies and heat gain and loss Understand geothermal project proposals and system pricing Benefit from incentives, tax credits, and rebates for geothermal HVAC systems Calculate your long-term return on investment Verify that your installed system is working as intended Troubleshoot your system and avoid common problems
Jay Egg is a certified geothermal designer and founder of Egg Systems, an HVAC services company focused on geothermal technology. He is a sought-after expert on geothermal HVAC, and his team has written hundreds of web articles on the topic.
Brian Clark Howard is a Web editor with the Daily Green, a division of Hearst Digital Media. He writes and edits articles and blogs on earth-friendly topics, and is syndicated on Yahoo!, MSN, Huffington Post, O (The Oprah Magazine), and others. Brian is the coauthor of The Whole Green Catalog (Rodale Press 2009) and Green Living: The E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth (Penguin, 2005).
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