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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today highlighted a recent report – Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Installations: Experiences, Improvements and Tools – demonstrating hybrid ground-source heat pumps (GSHP) as a viable solution to reduce energy use in commercial buildings. The report finds that new hybrid systems dramatically decrease up-front costs while delivering financial and environmental benefits nearly equivalent to standard ground-source heat pumps. With its lower price, hybrid GSHP technology could be deployed widely, saving energy and money in new and existing commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings, according to the report.
DOE Highlights Report on Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Technology
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The software fills a gap for engineers and designers by modeling hybrid systems that can lower the up-front costs of hybrid GSHP. The tool can be used for the following:
- Determine how much money a building owner can save by choosing a hybrid geothermal system
- Select optimal sizes for the equipment in a hybrid system
- Compare different hybrid geothermal installation approaches to understand the financial, energy and environmental impact for a given building project
- Analyze the effects of different control strategies for a geothermal or hybrid system, to keep maintenance costs and energy bills as low as possible.
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