{"id":157,"date":"2021-04-06T19:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2022-12-09T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:22:03","slug":"geothermal-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/geothermal-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our Geothermal Heating\/ Cooling System<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a two-stage ground source heat pump for our heating (in winter) & cooling (in summer). In this “Geothermal<\/a>” section, you can learn more about the various aspects of installing one yourself. It’s not so hard!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two Stage Heat Pump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Geothermal Heating\/ Cooling System We have a two-stage ground source heat pump for our heating (in winter) & cooling (in summer). In this “Geothermal” section, you can learn more about the various aspects of installing one yourself. It’s not so hard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":161,"url":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/heat-pump\/","url_meta":{"origin":157,"position":0},"title":"Heat Pump","author":"Mark Bartosik","date":"April 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Two Stage Heat Pump For Both Heating And Cooling Consideration for Two Stage Heat Pumps Two speed heat pumps are great. Typically they work at 66% of rates capacity and 100% of rated capacity. 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