The Economic & Environmental Case for Standing Column Wells

HeatSpring instructor, Dr. Al Koenig, discusses the promise of standing column well geothermal systems in this three minute video. This short video was taken from Dr. Koenig’s ‘Standing Column Wells for Geothermal Professionals’ course.

As the video starts, Al is talking about the market potential for standing column wells.  An audience question raises concern about ‘bleeding’, […]

July 12th, 2011|Categories: Drilling|Tags: , , , , , |
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Standing Column Wells – How To Save 30% vs. Closed Loop Geothermal

How much does a geothermal system cost?  After talking to thousands of residential and commercial clients, I’ve realized that’s the question on everybody’s mind.

The Standing Column Well was developed to make geothermal more affordable, and more possible in urban settings where a tight footprint makes drilling a lot of holes impossible.  But how do these […]

January 24th, 2011|Categories: Drilling, Geothermal and Solar Design and Installation Tips, HVAC Design|Tags: , , , , |
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