Editor's Note: Each Wednesday LiveScience examines the viability of emerging energy technologies — the power of the future. The term "geothermal energy" might bring to mind hot springs and billows of steam rising from the soil, but you can get ...
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Scott Swanson uses an environmentally friendly geothermal heat pump to keep his cabin toasty. So, when Apple Valley decided to build a third municipal liquor store, Swanson, the city's liquor operations director, suggested the new store be heated by ...
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SHOULD I HAVE THE HOTS FOR A HEAT PUMP? Q I have seen an advertisement for airsource heat pumps, which are said to be 40 per cent more efficient than gas boilers. We have a holiday home with old storage heaters and water heating on Economy 7, and ...
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As the name suggests, this cosy retreat is more like a cottage than a farm building, though it has, in fact, been sympathetically converted from a 17th-century barn. The cottage's contemporary interior features an open-plan kitchen and living area ...
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HELSINKI, Finland – The cabbie worked the black Mercedes slowly through the slush and ice of Vilho Vuoren Street, looking for an address that wasn't there. Niko was waiting. He waved us over to a gray steel door set into a rock cliff. We shook ...
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You may not know anyone with a geothermal heating and cooling system in the house, but you will soon. With tax credits and financial incentives plus lowered utility bills and increased energy efficiency, the numbers of geothermal homes are growing ...
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■Setting your thermostat to 68 degrees, and as many as five degrees lower while you’re asleep or away from home, can reduce yearly heating costs by as much as $70. ■Open drapes and shades on south-facing windows to let natural light and heat ...
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