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Geothermal RoundtableMay 23, 2018

Best Western Premier Park Hotel | Madison, WI

Jeff Beiriger

Geothermal Heating & Cooling Taking the Long Road

What Geothermal Is, But Isn’t…

What Geothermal Is…

Geothermal Isn’t New Technology

But Other Technologies Developed

And They Needed Fuel…

European cars typically have nicer interiors, better initial quality, and a habit of staying on the road for a very long time when properly maintained.

When properly maintained. But American and Japanese cars will generally run on sawdust and hate for about 80 percent as long as most German cars maintained like Swiss watches.

Tesla's market capitalization is now bigger than General Motors', making it the largest U.S. based automaker by that metric. ... Tesla has only had two profitable quarters in its history as a public company, while GM earned a profit of more than $9 billion last year.

Dr. Carl NielsenOhio State University

1948First GSHPInstalled at Professor Nielsen’s Home.

1. Geothermal HVAC systems are not considered a renewable technology because they use electricity.

Fact: Geothermal HVAC systems use only one unit of electricity to move up to five units of cooling or heating from the earth to a building.

2. Photovoltaic and wind power are more favorable renewable technologies when compared to geothermal HVAC systems.

Fact: Geothermal HVAC systems remove four times more kilowatt-hours of consumption from the electrical grid per dollar spent than photovoltaic and wind power add to the electrical grid.Those other technologies can certainly play an important role, but geothermal HVAC is often the most cost effective way to reduce environmental impact of conditioning spaces.