Geoexchange Heating
Using the natural warmth of the earth to heat our living spaces
This is a very down-to-earth way of heating our homes. The earth is a huge solar energy storing device that absorbs the sun’s energy and stores it below the surface. This stored energy is significantly more energy than we need every year!

The geoexchange system at Verdant is able to harvest and deliver this energy to the suites using three main elements:

1.	A field of 300 foot-deep wells beneath the building is utilized to collect heat from the ground.
2.	A combination of ground source heat pumps with a backup gas boiler
3.	The heat is delivered to the suite through an in-floor radiant heating system.

How Does Geoexchange Work?
The heat from the earth continuously transfers to the water that is pumped through pipes in the ground. This water flows back to the heat pumps, which, working on the same principle as your refrigerator (only backwards!), convert the low temperature into higher temperature and transfer the heat to another set of pipes which runs beneath the flooring of the individual suites (radiant heating system).