RE: Alleviating Energy Costs

[John Steck]

Title: Message

I guess when my sump failed last month I should have taken the hint and continued down path #2....  8^)

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Frederick Sparber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:42 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: RE: Alleviating Energy Costs

John.

 

Some options to consider for geothermal/ground source heat pumps.

 

1, Build a new house with a water storage "vault" beneath the floor similar to

  Al Capone's hidden room that Heraldo Rivera opened in the mid 80s.

 

2, Flood your basement for the duration.

 

3, Rent a backhoe (be sure to call the toll free before -you-dig service) and

dig a 15 ft wide x 30 ft long x 7 ft deep pit  so that a 25 ft x 40 ft  bubble wrap insulated

integrated water solar collector area can store up to 2 million BTU/day (10 deg F temperature rise) with 6 hrs @ 300 BTU/square ft ( ~10% of normal solar incidence) and run it open loop

for heating and summer cooling.

4, Build that swimming pool you've always wanted and use plastic film and

Styrofoam around the upper perimeter to enlarge it's solar collection area to 1,00 square ft, at a foot or two depth.

5, Move to  Florida for the winter.  :-)

 

Frederick

----- Original Message -----

From: John Steck

To: vortex-l@eskimo.com

Sent: 9/6/05 10:51:41 AM

Subject: RE: Alleviating Energy Costs

Thank you for forwarding the link.  Dropped an email to my local rep to give me a quote.  I will share with the class what I find out... 8^)

 

-john

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Frederick Sparber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 8:21 AM
To: vortex-l
Subject: Re: Alleviating Energy Costs

Pricey no doubt, but maybe cheaper in the long run than predicted costs of natural gas, propane and heating oil.

 

http://www.trane.com/Residential/Products/HeatPumps/GroundSource/GroundSourcePage.asp

 

" Some homeowners are tapping into the earth for energy savings.They have found geothermal energy as a great source in heating and cooling their home. Many of these homeowners power their geothermal system with Trane's ground-source heat pumps. They know that Trane offers high efficiency equipment, ranging from 13 to 22.8 EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) and from 2.7 to 3.9 COP (co-efficiency of performance) to provide some of the greatest energy savings and home comfort found in geothermal design. "

 

I have a Trane central heat system in the ten year old city home we bought in Feb 2004.

located next to some ancient volcanos.

 

Hmmm.  :-)

 

Frederick