Why Go Geothermal for Commercial Property
Geothermal Heat Pumps for Commercial Property
Business owners throughout St. Louis, Missouri are installing geothermal heat pumps to heat and cool their buildings. This well-established technology offers benefits to businesses that range from increased comfort for employees and customers to significant dollar savings in energy, operation and maintenance costs.
The efficiencies achieved by these systems are impressive and allow commercial users to save up to 50 percent over conventional heating and cooling systems, plus they reduce maintenance costs. The environment also benefits when business owners choose geothermal heat pumps.
Hoffmann Brothers is the premier St. Louis, MO Geothermal Heating and Cooling Contractor. Learn why you should use Geothermal Heat Pumps on your Commercial Property!
Improving the Bottom Line with Geothermal Energy
Business owners and managers like to save money, and that’s one of the things a well-designed geothermal system does best by reducing monthly energy bills. But geothermal heat pump systems have less obvious economies. These units can heat water for free in the summer with rejected waste heat from air conditioning. Reclaimed waste heat from freezers and ice machines can also be used for space or water heating and snow-melting systems.
Improve Reliability with Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Because these systems have fewer mechanical components, they are also more reliable, easier to service, and less prone to failure. It is not uncommon to find geothermal systems that were installed 30 to 40 years ago still operating effectively today. The results of these combined efficiencies include dollar savings for the building owner and avoided air and water pollution.
In large buildings, many individual heat pumps can be placed in different zones and each can be sized to meet the needs of the space it conditions. When properly integrated, these systems recover excess heat from one indoor zone of the building and use it where it is needed.
Save Money with Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Geothermal heat pumps also save money in large buildings with multiple heat pumps by reducing the amount of space required for mechanical rooms. Geothermal heat pump systems use smaller ducts, because the air handling system only provides make-up air and does not carry heat. This results in smaller floor-to-floor heights as heating and cooling BTUs are transferred via small pipes rather than bulky ducting. By eliminating roof-mounted equipment, the roof lasts longer and the structural steel can be downsized.
State and Federal Geothermal Tax Credits
State and Federal tax credits are available for spending on equipment which uses the ground or ground water as a thermal energy source to heat a structure or as a thermal energy sink to cool a structure! Spending costs includes the costs of installation. See our Commercial Tax Credit page for more information.
All these economies add up to a handsome return on investment for businesses that choose geothermal heat pumps. If the initial cost of installing a geothermal heat pump system is higher, these systems typically pay for themselves in reduced energy and maintenance costs in less than five years.
Contact the Expert Geothermal Commercial Contractors at Hoffmann Brothers
For over 20 years, Hoffmann Brothers has proudly installed and serviced Geothermal and other Energy Efficient commercial heating and cooling systems throughout the St. Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area. Please give us a call today at (314) 631-5892 or send us an email on our Contact Us page.
Our service area includes St. Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis City, Jefferson County, St. Charles County, St. Clair, Illinois, Madison County, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Des Peres, Wildwood, Ladue, Town and Country, Frontenac, Clayton, Sunset Hills, and Creve Coeur.
