Geothermal heating systems can be installed in Michigan, and they are the ultimate heating and cooling system. They can be installed in any home with radiant or ducted heating systems (they are not suitable for homes with baseboard heating as they cannot heat the water up to the higher temperatures required by these systesm) which has a decent sized lawn.

Yes. In fact, the use of ground-based heat to warm and cool Michigan buildings offers what some believe is the easiest path to slash building-based carbon emissions with no real loss of comfort.

Geothermal exchange heat pumps, also known as ground source heat pumps, or earth energy systems, are just big names for a simple system.

Just a few meters beneath the surface, the earth remains the same temperature year-round. That temperature is the same as the mean annual temperature at the surface.

The ground beneath an average residential house lot can easily provide enough free energy to heat and cool the home above. This energy is typically removed by burying a loop of flexible underground piping, through which water or antifreeze is pumped. The fluid absorbs the temperature in the ground and transfers it to a pump located at the house.

Geo-exchange systems can be installed in both existing and new construction, though they are less costly to implement in new construction.