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Ground
source heating and cooling (GSH&C) involves the recovery of low grade
heat from the ground or the disposal of heat into the ground, utilising
heat pumps.
 There
are two basic systems:
GSH&C systems can be
designed to provide less than 10KW of energy and in excess of 500KW
of energy.
In all schemes there are
inherent risks, but in schemes greater than 50KW these risks could have a
detrimental impact on the short or long term viability of a project.
The fundamental science
behind heat transport in the ground, is directly analogous to groundwater
flow. In fact commonly used groundwater analysis is based on heat flow
theory. The assessment of risks associated with GSH&C is therefore an
extension of hydrogeology. This extension is often referred to as "Thermogeology".
 Carbon
Zero Consulting has specific expertise in thermogeology in the UK, and has
been instrumental in its development, by giving specialist courses and
bespoke courses to the Environment Agency. Carbon Zero Consulting
hydrogeologists, working with specialist associates from the UK and Norway
together with installation contractors, are able to provide support to
your GSH&C project from concept development, through risk assessment
to installation and regulatory permitting.
A briefing note about
Ground Source Heating & Cooling can be downloaded from here.
Drawing
on a wealth of experience and expertise in groundwater and environment
management, we are the UK’s centre of excellence in hydrogeology and
thermogeology as applied to both open and closed loop GSH&C.
We offer independent technical advice and project management in all areas
of planning, design, implementation and legislation of this technology. We
work closely with developers, engineering consultants, architects,
installers and drilling contractors.
In
addition to GSH&C,
we offer advice on all other buildings-integrated renewable technologies
and on-site renewable energy micro-generation.
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