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Geothermal cooling and heating systems are a high-efficiency option worth considering for your Fort Wayne area home. Geothermal heat pumps provide numerous benefits, when compared to conventional furnace/air-conditioning systems, including low energy consumption. According to estimates released by the U.S. Department of Energy, a geothermal heating and cooling system can save you as much as 70 percent on your heating bills and 50 percent on cooling costs.

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If you haven't had a quote on an air conditioner recharge lately, you're likely in for a shock. Prices on this service for older A/Cs and heat pumps have more than tripled in the past year because of the reduced R-22 refrigerant supplies available to contractors. The federal government has been phasing our R-22 refrigerant supplies because of their harmful effects on the environment and will have eliminated production of new R-22 by the year 2020. Equipment manufactured since 2010 has used a new refrigerant formula, R-410A, for which supplies are plentiful. This might make now a great time to consider an upgrade to a more efficient and better-performing cooling system.

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Geothermal energy has emerged in recent decades as one of the best solutions for clean, safe and renewable energy generation around the planet. The U.S. has some of the best potential for harnessing this underground resource for large-scale electrical generation, or individually for home heating and cooling, where high installation costs are decreasing.

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