Big Green: geothermal vs geothermal

[Andrew Gil]

Yes,

I believe that the terminology that you're looking for is "ground-source heat exchange"

Andrew M. Gil, AIA
Architect, LEED-Accredited Professional

HOLT Architects, P.C.
217 N. Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
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f. 607 273-0475
http://www.holt.com
From: biggreen-bounces at lists.biggreen.org [mailto:biggreen-bounces at lists.biggreen.org] On Behalf Of Dean Sherwin
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:42 PM
To: biggreen-biggreen.org
Subject: Big Green: geothermal vs geothermal

Properly speaking, geothermal energy is derived from heat in the earth's surface.  Hot springs and the like,  a byproduct I presume of volcanic action
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update77_data.htm#table7

In the construction industry we lazily refer to ground-coupled heat pumps as "geothermal".  Easy & catchy, but wrong.  Is there a simpler way to refer to this while being more accurate and avoiding the confusion with real geothermal?


Dean Sherwin CPE
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