Heat-exchange expert Doug Lockhart has two problems with geothermal heating systems: neighbours can’t see them and no moving parts attract the casual onlooker.
“If I go to your house and put in a geo-thermal system, nobody knows,” said Lockhart, owner and president of Lockhart Industries in Duncan.
“But when you put photo-voltaic [solar energy] cells on your roof or a
windmill in your backyard, there is this instant recognition,” he said. “It’s a
validation you have done something positive for the environment.”This lack of public recognition has even had Lockhart and colleagues considering whether to give out medallions or special, twirling weather-vanes to advertise a home or building whose owner has opted for a geothermal energy system.
The same lack of recognition also means Canadian homes and building owners are missing out on one of the most efficient and effective sources of heat energy in the world, heat-exchange technology.
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Heat-exchange
expert Doug Lockhart has two problems with geothermal heating systems:
neighbours can’t see them and no moving parts attract the casual
onlooker.
“If I go to your house and put in a geo-thermal system, nobody knows,” said Lockhart, owner and president of Lockhart Industries in Duncan.
“But when you put photo-voltaic [solar energy] cells on your roof or a windmill in your backyard, there is this instant recognition,” he said. “It’s a validation you have done something positive for the environment.”
This lack of public recognition has even had Lockhart and colleagues considering whether to give out medallions or special, twirling weather-vanes to advertise a home or building whose owner has opted for a geothermal energy system.
The same lack of recognition also means Canadian homes and building owners are missing out on one of the most efficient and effective sources of heat energy in the world, heat-exchange technology.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/geothermal-unsung-hero-of-heating-1.1808023#sthash.zzS2uMu9.dpuf
“If I go to your house and put in a geo-thermal system, nobody knows,” said Lockhart, owner and president of Lockhart Industries in Duncan.
“But when you put photo-voltaic [solar energy] cells on your roof or a windmill in your backyard, there is this instant recognition,” he said. “It’s a validation you have done something positive for the environment.”
This lack of public recognition has even had Lockhart and colleagues considering whether to give out medallions or special, twirling weather-vanes to advertise a home or building whose owner has opted for a geothermal energy system.
The same lack of recognition also means Canadian homes and building owners are missing out on one of the most efficient and effective sources of heat energy in the world, heat-exchange technology.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/geothermal-unsung-hero-of-heating-1.1808023#sthash.zzS2uMu9.dpuf
Heat-exchange
expert Doug Lockhart has two problems with geothermal heating systems:
neighbours can’t see them and no moving parts attract the casual
onlooker.
“If I go to your house and put in a geo-thermal system, nobody knows,” said Lockhart, owner and president of Lockhart Industries in Duncan.
“But when you put photo-voltaic [solar energy] cells on your roof or a windmill in your backyard, there is this instant recognition,” he said. “It’s a validation you have done something positive for the environment.”
This lack of public recognition has even had Lockhart and colleagues considering whether to give out medallions or special, twirling weather-vanes to advertise a home or building whose owner has opted for a geothermal energy system.
The same lack of recognition also means Canadian homes and building owners are missing out on one of the most efficient and effective sources of heat energy in the world, heat-exchange technology.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/geothermal-unsung-hero-of-heating-1.1808023#sthash.zzS2uMu9.dpuf
“If I go to your house and put in a geo-thermal system, nobody knows,” said Lockhart, owner and president of Lockhart Industries in Duncan.
“But when you put photo-voltaic [solar energy] cells on your roof or a windmill in your backyard, there is this instant recognition,” he said. “It’s a validation you have done something positive for the environment.”
This lack of public recognition has even had Lockhart and colleagues considering whether to give out medallions or special, twirling weather-vanes to advertise a home or building whose owner has opted for a geothermal energy system.
The same lack of recognition also means Canadian homes and building owners are missing out on one of the most efficient and effective sources of heat energy in the world, heat-exchange technology.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/geothermal-unsung-hero-of-heating-1.1808023#sthash.zzS2uMu9.dpuf
Geothermal: unsung hero of heating
Geothermal: unsung hero of heating
Geothermal: unsung hero of heating
Geothermal: unsung hero of heating
