If you own a fridge you own the same technology used in a geothermal heating system. It's called a heat pump and its job is to pump heat from one place to another. In the fridge's case it pumps the heat out of the fridge to keep it cool. In a ground source heat pump's case it pumps the latent heat in the ground into your home. Get a more detailed explanation and get to see both a residential and a commercial scale example of this energy efficient technology that takes advantage of the Earth's constant temperature. Read our blogs, check out our podcasts and check even more extras at www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/06/geothermal-101

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