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Simplifying the Design of Ground Heat Exchangers for Ground-Source Heat Pumps, Part 1

Achieving an optimal GHEX design requires a collaborative, integrated team engaged in an iterative design process that balances geothermal field loads by refining key system parameters.
August 4, 2025
Albert Wallace

Outdated ground heat exchanger (GHEX) design methods are driving up costs and complexity in ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems. In part one of this two-part series, Albert Wallace introduces modern, modular best practices that optimize system efficiency, cut expenses, and improve long-term reliability.


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Geothermal HVAC

Bridging Geothermal Horizons Through Unified Innovation

With strong policy support and the development of TENs, geothermal is poised to become a cornerstone of the U.S. renewable energy landscape.
July 1, 2025
Jay Egg

With strong federal backing and growing collaboration between low- and high-temperature technologies, the geothermal industry is poised to reshape America’s energy future through integrated thermal networks that boost efficiency, resilience and sustainability.


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Three Takeaways from Heat Pump Water Heater Load-Shifting Study Roundup

While load-shifting savings can be hard to evaluate, the value proposition is clearly there.
July 1, 2025

With the potential to act as thermal batteries, heat pump water heaters offer major energy and cost savings through load shifting—if connectivity, compatibility, and control hurdles can be overcome.


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Demystifying Decarbonization

Industry trend sparks changes for consumers, contractors and manufacturers.
June 16, 2025

Ariston Group's Kyra Macaroco shares how a quiet revolution is reshaping the heating industry as decarbonization moves from buzzword to blueprint, challenging contractors and manufacturers to rethink how we heat our homes—one heat pump at a time.


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How to Use Geothermal Energy to Unlock EnergyStar Certification

Qualification can lead to financial incentives, more efficient homes and a more competitive product for consumers.
May 20, 2025

Achieving EnergyStar V3.2 certification with geothermal energy is good for the home builders, homebuyers and the overall construction community.


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Electric Water Heater Sales Set New Record in 2024 While Gas Sales Decline

Electrification movement seems to be influencing the water heating market.
May 1, 2025
Joseph Wachunas

My heat pump water heater tour across America took me to a number of stops to those at the vanguard of carbon-cutting ways to heat water.


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Energy-Efficient Design and Modeling, Part 2

How energy modeling informs architectural design to lower energy usage.
April 3, 2025

SmithGroup’s Ting Cai and JB Pham discuss energy-efficient architectural design and the role of energy modeling in optimizing building load separate from HVAC systems.


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Geothermal HVAC

Thermal Energy Networks: Bridge Technology for Sustainable Energy Solutions

Five significant gatherings across various locations highlight the growing importance of geothermal technology in urban energy systems.
April 3, 2025
Jay Egg

Thermal energy network events in early 2025, including five significant gatherings across various locations, highlight the growing importance of geothermal technology in urban energy systems. 


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A Geothermal System Grows in Brooklyn

The project includes 321 vertical boreholes drilled nearly 500 feet deep, using advanced HDPE piping for efficient energy transfer.
March 3, 2025

The 1 Java Street project in NYC’s Brooklyn borough is the largest mixed-use development in New York state to incorporate a ground-source geothermal system for heating and cooling.


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Green

Heat Pump Water Heaters Projected to Become Dominant Water Heater by End of the Decade

Changes to policies and appliance standards are projected to help sales to increase by the end of the decade.
March 3, 2025
Joseph Wachunas
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