Time to Upgrade Your Alaska Home with a Geothermal Heating and Cooling System?

Old home or new, if you’re exasperated with the HVAC system you’ve got, 2018 could be the year – should be the year – you retrofit with geothermal. Prices will surely never be as good again. And, if you need help with up-front costs, interest-free loans are usually available to homeowners from manufacturers, vendors, and installation contractors. You’d be smart to consult now with Energy Efficiency Associates, the Alaska geothermal authority, about what financing options you may have – that is, if you’re really committed to upgrading to a geothermal heating and cooling system this year. Energy Efficiency Associates can also clue you in as to whether or not any current state or local homeowner programs might offer financial relief of some kind. Tax credits may come into play as well. After all, geothermal heating and cooling systems are unmistakably an upgrade in energy efficiency over conventional HVAC systems.

There’s some good news, too, about the installation cost of a geothermal enhancement. First, a freshly installed geothermal system will significantly cut your home’s utility bills. Right away, you could see savings of anywhere from 20 to 50 percent on cooling – and 30 to 60 percent on heating! Over time, then, your geothermal system will pay for itself. And you’d better believe it, you’re going to own your geothermal system for a very long time.

Bear in mind that an ordinary furnace, even when rigorously maintained, might give you only 15 years of decent service. A geothermal system? It’s mechanics are designed and built to last up to 30 years. And the ground loop buried in your yard is good for 50 years at least!

So … initial cost considerations aside, a geothermal heating and cooling system is more advantageous for you no matter how you look at it. Among its greatest assets are …

  • having aforever – and easily – renewable source of energy, directly from the earth,
  • being an efficient “two-in-one” system – heating and cooling [[capability wrapped up in one trim package
  • lower operating costs – since geothermal systems need so little electricity,
  • an exceptionally long lifespan – as mentioned earlier,
  • significantly quieter operation than typical heating and cooling systems – since the greater part of your geothermal system is buried outside in the yard, and the elements of it that aren’t don’t experience the same stresses and strains,
  • reduced repair costs – other than a modest schedule of inspections and changing or cleaning filters, you have fewer maintenance needs with a geothermal system since its relatively few parts are just transferring heat from the ground, not producing it,
  • cleaner and safer operation – in contrast to combustion appliances, geothermal systems pose no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, instead providing clean, marvelously breathable air, and, of course,
  • heating and cooling capabilities that rank among the most environmentally friendly of any system you could find – since, in the winter, a geothermal system is simply transferring heat from the ground into your home, and in the summer, it’s removing heat to keep your home cool.

So what else could you need? Make this the year you retrofit and refresh your home with a geothermal heating and cooling system. Contact Energy Efficiency Associates now about the proper way to go about it!