Geothermal Energy for Heating and Cooling Your Home

We had a neighbor in Hillandale recently install a new geothermal heating and cooling system and that got me interested in looking into this new alternate energy source. In this area a typical home uses over 50% of its total annual energy cost for heating, cooling and hot water.  A geothermal system can save you a significant amount of money over time. Up to $100 a month. The issue is  time. Installing a geothermal system is not cheap so you would have to be in your home a number of years for it to pay off. However, a money saving environmentally friendly system can both add to the value of  your home and help sell your home faster if you put it on the market. So, aside from the monthly savings there can be other unseen financial advantages to having a geothermal system installed. The systems are pretty reliable, and in this area you can expect to have a very low maintenance system for years to come. In fact most new or rebuilt Montgomery County schools now have geothermal systems in place. Both Key Middle and Cresthaven Elementary Schools in my neighborhood have been totally rebuilt and have modern geothermal systems. Here is a nice short video that I found on the web that explains the two types of geothermal systems.