Is geothermal heating and cooling a new technology?
The concept of the heat pump was first developed in 1852. In the late 1940’s, Robert C. Webber experimented with using copper pipe buried in the ground to extract the stored heat. The technology has been constantly evolving; today federal energy departments and industry associations endorse and support geothermal EES. Geothermal EES are used throughout the world as a cost effective heating and cooling solution. In Canada, there are currently over 30,000 buildings using geothermal EES, and over 650,000 heat pumps installed in the USA.
