And to that end, we are proud to have Tim Yoder serving as a member of a workgroup comprised of the Ohio EPA, Ohio Dept of Health and the Ohio Dept of Natural Resources. 

This group just completed a regulatory recommendation draft for the geothermal industry.  After many conference calls and meetings, a technical document and a companion document were pulled together. 

The technical document lays out  geothermal installation best practices while the companion document addresses the need for state regulation of geothermal systems.  Currently there are no guideline for locating, permitting or registering a geothermal system in Ohio.  

Yoders is committed to abiding by geothermal installation best practice guidelines to help make geothermal heating and cooling the most desirable, safe, green option for heating and cooling your home.

One search may take you to hot rocks, or magma, found beneath the earth’s crust that can be used to produce unlimited energy called Geothermal energy, or ‘Big G.’  This heat can be extracted from the ground to be used as direct heat or to drive electric producing turbines.  However, ‘Big G’ is limited to a minimal number of areas around the world where the magma is accessible.

Another search may introduce you to ‘Little g,’ which refers to the energy stored in the ground to depths up to 500 feet from solar radiation.  By a process referred to as geoexchange, this energy is captured by water circulated through a series of pipes in the ground and converted into heat for your home.  In the summer months and in warmer climates, a geothermal furnace collects the heat in your home and re-deposits that energy into the ground.  In essence, it’s a form of recycling.

Geoexchange is the term given by the Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium to describe ‘Little g.’  More can be read on this topic by visiting NationalDriller.com.

To learn more about residential ‘Little g’ geothermal system installation, visit YoderGeothermal.com.