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In industry we usually refer to "geothermal" as heat from radioactive decay, and "geoexchange" from the backyard stuff, where the source is solar heating. You'
by rfrey 6y ago
In industry we usually refer to "geothermal" as heat from radioactive decay, and "geoexchange" from the backyard stuff, where the source is solar heating.
You're not wrong, that just seems to be the way we get around constant disambiguation. I was the CTO for a Canadian geothermal company.
- cwal37 6y agoWe also just called it ground source when I briefly worked in the field. Although, in my experience, even though someone shells out $$$ for a "ground source heat pump" in their yard, it won't stop them from telling everyone they have geothermal.
- Nashooo 6y agoHere we just call them (water) heat pumps.