The extreme heat and humidity in Tampa, FL, last just about all year round, but the part experiences a truly tropical-like climate, making air conditioner essential! A powerful, reliable and energy efficient cooling method is a necessity.
However, the temperature does drop sometimes into the fifties or high forties in the middle of winter, making heating a requirement as well, when my partner and I built our current condo in Tampa, both of us debated over unusual styles of heating and cooling systems.
We were initially scared off by the much higher price of geothermal temperature control. After some research, both of us l received that this type of method can pay for itself in energy savings in under numerous years. There is the potential to trim energy bills by fifty percent. The beauty of geothermal heat pumps is the use of free, renewable energy found underground; No matter the air temperature throughout the year, the underground temperature remains stable. The geothermal method includes an underground loop method that absorbs this heat and transfers it indoors. The process eliminates the burning of fossil fuels and achieves approximately 400% efficiency ratings, during the warmer weather, the method reverses operation, performing just love a conventional air conditioner; It costs a lot less to run and is more effective at combating high humidity. Another perk of the geothermal method is that with the replacement of a special valve, it can deliver a virtually free source of sizzling water. There is also the fortune of a longer service life. The heat pump is installed inside the house, where it is protected from the elements, and can be expected to deliver more than twenty years of operation. The underground loop is warrantied for fifty years.