But the other thing that we really love about having a geothermal heat pump has nothing to do with all the money and energy we’re saving
When my wife and I finally got the opportunity to build a custom home, we paid attention to all of the details. In fact, we spent about 3 years working on the initial designs of the house that we are now enjoying. But it wasn’t until we got close to actually building it that we addressed the residential HVAC. Of course, the heating and cooling of a home is an very essential priority. My wife and I went through an HVAC upgrade when we sold our old home. And that was a real learning opportunity for us. When we bought our old home, it came with the residential HVAC the builder chose. I mean, it did just fine and with consistent HVAC maintenance, it lasted more than 20 years. But the change in HVAC technology over that two decade period of time was substantial. It was pretty amazing to see what all was different. And that’s what initially turned us on to the geothermal heat pump. We both try to live a life that is not wasteful but focused on sustainability. So the fact that the geo heat pump was about the most efficient residential HVAC choice was very appealing to us. We loved the idea of saving so much money and using so much less energy when it came to central air conditioning. And now that we are living in the house, it’s unbelievable just how great all this new HVAC technology is. But the other thing that we really love about having a geothermal heat pump has nothing to do with all the money and energy we’re saving. No, we are so thrilled about the longevity of the geo heat pump. We’re looking at perhaps forty years before we’ll need to upgrade the geo heat pump.