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Steve Kavanaugh, Ph.D., University of Alabama |
Closed-loop geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems offer a variety of possibilities that can be optimized to the needs of the building type and owner’s resources. Distributed systems in which several ground loops serve a single building are often a good option for large footprint buildings and owners with minimal maintenance resources, such as K-12 schools. Topics for this session will include building layout, cost of headers and vertical bores, total HVAC component efficiency and demand, load diversity, flow control options, experience and quantity of maintenance personnel, and results from long term field measurements.