Geothermal Heat Pumps - Using the Earth to Heat and Cool Buildings
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OSTI ID:1216044
A heat pump--like an air conditioner or refrigerator--moves heat from one place to another. In the summer, a geothermal heat pump (GHP) operating in a cooling mode lowers indoor temperatures by transferring heat from inside a building to the ground outside or below it. Unlike an air conditioner, though, a heat pump's process can be reversed. In the winter, a GHP extracts
- Research Organization:
- EERE Publication and Product Library
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (EE-4G) (Geothermal Technologies Office Corporate)
- OSTI ID:
- 1216044
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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