5 Tips on Designing Vertical or Slinky Geothermal Loop Fields Designing a geothermal ground loop field requires balancing flow rates, pipe sizing, and installation costs to hit your target performance. Here are five tips for getting vertical bore and slinky loop designs right. Key Points Vertical and slinky (horizontal) loop… Continue reading “5 Tips on Designing Vertical or Slinky Geothermal Loop Fields”
[Photos] How to Frame a Super Insulated Home There has been a lot of hoop-la and craziness around passive homes, net zero energy homes, and super energy efficient homes. I’ve been amazed at how easy it can actually be. My friend is building a house that will burn… Continue reading “[Photos] How to Frame a Super Insulated Home”
How to Size a Heating and Cooling System – 101 Older space conditioning systems (more than 10 years old) are often unreliable and much less efficient than a modern system. When it’s time for a new replacement, choosing one of the correct size (heating and/or cooling output) is critical to… Continue reading “How to Size a Heating and Cooling System – 101”
How to Design a Geothermal Heat Pump System: A 4-Step Guide The first part to understanding any aspect of the geothermal industry, whether it be marketing, sales, design or installation is to understand how the technology works and it is designed. By understanding the design process, even if you are never… Continue reading “How to Design a Geothermal Heat Pump System: A 4-Step Guide”
Which is Better: Solar Thermal Flat Plate or Evacuated Tube Collectors? Solar thermal flat plate or evacuated tube collectors? This is an incredibly common question in the solar thermal industry. Strangely enough, many people weigh in, and take different sides. Like a Red Sox vs Yankees type of rivalry, it’s a heated debate. In the end, it… Continue reading “Which is Better: Solar Thermal Flat Plate or Evacuated Tube Collectors?”