geothermal heat pump policy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Offset Carbon Emissions with Geothermal Heat Pumps https://www.greenoptimistic.com/offset-carbon-emissions-geothermal-heat-pumps-20141121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/offset-carbon-emissions-geothermal-heat-pumps-20141121/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:58:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50317 The Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recognize geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) as carbon offset equipment. Geothermal, or ground-source, heat pumps (GHPs) are a way to hit two birds with one stone – they reduce energy demand while at the same time encourage the use of renewable energy […]

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