Slinky earth loop installation

Geothermal heating and cooling

Ground Source Heat Pumps offer great benefits:

• Simultaneously heat & cool different parts of the same building
• Very quiet--users do not know when the system is operating
• Can be set up in multiple zones, with each zone having an individual room control
• Greater freedoms in building design due to 50-80% less mechanical room space
• No outside equipment to hide, eliminating vandalism and roof top units
• Pipes have 50-year life expectancy
• All electric, which eliminates multiple utility services
• Expel boiler and chiller maintenance
• Ground heat exchanger is maintenance free and will last 40+ years

GSHPs offer great savings:

• Very competitive on initial costs and lower lifecycle costs than most HVAC systems.
• Savings of 25-50% on energy consumption
• Lower peak demand, lowering your operating costs
• Water heated with waste heat from air conditioning at no cost in the summer and at substantial savings in the winter
• Some utilities offer rebates or incentives to their customers who purchase GSHPs. To see what your state has to offer click here.

GSHPs are environmentally friendly:

• Conserve natural resources by providing efficient climate control and thus lowering emissions
• Minimize ozone layer destruction by using sealed refrigeration systems, which seldom or never have to be recharged
• Use underground loops to transfer heat, with no external venting and no air pollution
• Very energy efficient, with the earth providing over 70% of the energy required to heat and cool

Wonder why Congress' approval ratings are down to 14%?

How about a huge disconnect with the American people?

House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Sunday strongly criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for not allowing a vote on a measure that would allow
offshore drilling.

While acknowledging that Pelosi can prevent such a vote, Blunt said the Democratic leader would have to live with that decision, which he argued “does not make sense to the American people.”

“When we’re talking about offshore, we’re talking about 50, 100, 200 miles offshore,” Blunt said on CNN’s “Late Edition.” “Nobody's going to see that. This is an environmentally safe thing to do.”

Earlier in the program, Pelosi had stated in a pre-taped interview that she would not allow such a vote.

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Crisis then, crisis now?

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

-Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 1, December 19, 1776

Minuteman Murphy News

International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
Contact: John Clapp

Date: July 10, 2008
For Immediate Release

STILLWATER, OKLA. - Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) systems use modern technologies to harness the stored energy of the greatest solar collector in existence, the earth. Michael Murphy of Minuteman Murphy LLC in Boston, MA is now accredited by the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) to HARNESS THE EARTH'S ENERGY FOR YOU. Hard work and extensive preparation has allowed Murphy to give this community the opportunity to experience GSHP technology.

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Environmentally-friendly residential housing growth!

According to the US National Association of Home Builders, environmentally-friendly residential housing will make up 10% of the market by 2010, to the tune of $38 billion.

What is a ground source heat pump?

Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) are electrically powered systems that tap the stored energy of the greatest solar collector in existence: the earth. These systems use the earth's relatively constant temperature to provide heating, cooling, and hot water for homes and commercial buildings.

How do ground source heat pumps work?

Ground source heat pumps can be categorized as having closed or open loops, and those loops can be installed in three ways: horizontally, vertically, or in a pond/lake. The type chosen depends on the available land areas and the soil and rock type at the installation site. These factors will help determine the most economical choice for installation of the ground loop.

For closed loop systems, water or antifreeze solution is circulated through plastic pipes buried beneath the earth's surface. During the winter, the fluid collects heat from the earth and carries it through the system and into the building. During the summer, the system reverses itself to cool the building by pulling heat from the building, carrying it through the system and placing it in the ground. This process creates free hot water in the summer and delivers substantial hot water savings in the winter.

Open loop systems operate on the same principle as closed loop systems and can be installed where an adequate supply of suitable water is available and open discharge is feasible. Benefits similar to the closed loop system are obtained.