Easy On The Environment And On Your Wallet

For most homeowners, up to 70 percent of arain, air pollution, the greenhouse effect and global
home's total energy bill goes toward heating,warming-problems directly linked to the burning of
cooling and hot water-so the biggest opportunityfossil fuels.
to save large amounts of money on their energyA typical 2,500-square-foot home with a
bills is to increase the efficiency of these systems.geothermal system saves the electric utility
To do this, homeowners across America arecompany from having to burn more than nine
turning to geothermal heating systems.additional tons of coal a year, compared to an
Geothermal systems, such as the Envision serieselectric resistance heating system.
by WaterFurnace, capitalize on the solar energyThe U.S. General Accounting Office estimates that
stored year-round just beneath the Earth'sif geothermal systems were installed by most
surface.people, they could save several billion dollars
This free geothermal energy is an unlimited,annually in energy costs and substantially reduce
renewable resource. And, according to an EPApollution.
study titled "Space Conditioning, The NextFor every 100,000 residential units installed, it is
Frontier" (Report 430-R-93-004), the Departmentthe equivalent of planting 100,000 acres of trees
of Energy and the EPA recognized geothermalor taking 200,000 cars permanently off the road
systems as the most environmentally friendly,in terms of greenhouse gas reduction.
cost-effective and energy-efficient heating andGeothermal heat pumps strengthen U.S. energy
cooling technology available.security. Every 100,000 homes with geothermal
By reducing the demand on electric utilities, theheat pump systems reduce foreign oil
need for new power plants is reduced, along withconsumption by 2.15 million barrels annually and
a reduced need for natural resources such as coalreduce electricity consumption by 799 million
or gas used to generate electricity. Thesekilowatt-hours annually.
systems also help minimize the threats of acid