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Comfortmaker^® Geothermal: Smarter On Many Levels

Geothermal offers an energy-efficient, cost-effective heating and cooling system that taps into the renewable energy stored in the earth.

Geothermal: Just the Highlights

A Comfortmaker^® geothermal system can save you up to 70%* on your heating and cooling bills, keep your home consistently comfortable and reduce your carbon footprint, and it lasts up to 30% longer than ordinary air conditioners and heat pumps.^† Comfortmaker offers a wide variety of geothermal units, features and options, ensuring we have a geothermal system your family can depend on. For the homeowner who expects more from their heating and cooling system, geothermal offers just that.

Topics

Geothermal: How You'll Benefit

The Loop: At the Center of It All

Geothermal: How It Works

Geothermal: Additional Resources

Comfortmaker geothermal systems can save consumers up to 70%* in annual heating and cooling costs. Those are savings you can depend on, keeping more of your hard-earned money in your pocket every month.

Geothermal Consumer Brochure

Geothermal: How You'll Benefit

Unmatched Energy Efficiency

Comfortmaker geothermal systems can save consumers up to 70% in annual heating and cooling costs.^# By using the earth's natural thermal storage energy to heat and cool your home, geothermal systems deliver up to four units of energy for every one unit of energy purchased. Those are savings you can depend on, keeping more of your hard-earned money in your pocket every month.

Superior Comfort

Geothermal systems provide even temperature throughout the home all year long, with excellent dehumidification when cooling and optimal humidity when heating for the ultimate in home comfort. Banish hot and cold spots from your home forever with Comfortmaker geothermal. You'll also enjoy peace of mind knowing that geothermal units can last longer and operate for years virtually maintenance-free.

Financing Available

Geothermal systems for as little as $105 per month.* Financing offered through GEOSmart^® Financing Clearing House, sponsored by EGIA. Speak to your Comfortmaker dealer for more details.

Fits Your Needs

A wide variety of units, features and options ensures we have a system to meet your family's needs. Our models allow for multiple configurations so we can tailor the systems to your needs, and our superior warranties ensure peace of mind.

Environmentally Friendly

Geothermal systems are better for the environment than ordinary heat pumps, cutting up to 50% ** of carbon emissions.

Geothermal: How It Works

Geothermal offers an energy-efficient, cost-effective space conditioning system that taps into the earth to capture its renewable energy. The sun heats the earth, which then stores about 47% of that energy in the ground. Just a few feet below the frost line, the temperature remains between 55 and 70 degrees all year round in many climates.

Winter

The sun heats the earth, which stores that energy below ground. That warmth is ready and waiting for a geothermal system to extract it, concentrate it through compression, and to use it to heat your home.

Summer

A geothermal system extracts the heat from your home and transfers that heat to the ground. Unlike ordinary cooling systems that dispose of excess heat into hot air, the cool ground just a few feet below the surface is ready to accept that heat.

The Loop: At The Center Of It All

A geothermal earth loop provides the transfer mechanism that moves heat from the earth to your home and vice versa. There are four types of underground loops. We can meet your needs even in as little as 15'X15' of space in some homes

Vertical loop

Horizontal Loop

Pipes laid on horizontal trenches, which are then backfilled. Used on larger lots.

Pond Loop

Coiled closed loops laid at bottom of nearby body of water.

Open Loop

Well water is drawn into system and discharged into adjacent drainage ditch or pond.

^#Savings calculated using Looplink software. Comparison based on simulation in Dallas, Texas. 6-ton unit vs. Standing pilot propane furnace, standard air conditioner and local fuel rates. Actual savings will vary based on configuration, weather and local energy costs.

^†Geothermal unit with 20+ year life expectancy
(http://wwww.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/guide_to_geothemal_heat_pumps.pdf) compared to average lifespan of residential split air conditioner or residential air-to-air heat pump(2015 ASHARE Fundamentals Section 37.3).

*Financing offered through GEOSmart® Financing Clearing House, sponsored by EGIA. Monthly payments based upon 20 year loan with 240 monthly payments. Loan amount is for estimation purposes only and is after a 30% tax credit. Financing is subject to credit approval. Consult your tax advisor and local Heil dealer for more details.

**Geothermal Exchange Organization, 2015; compares baseline building CO2 Emissions to Geothermal CO2 Emissions(17.7 mtons/yr baseline vs. 9.2 mtons/yr for geothermal).