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EarthLinked® Heating and Cooling Testimonials
From a condo
owner:
As owners of 142 condominium units at
Claremont Arms in Claremont, New Hampshire, one
of our most egregious expenses in the past was
the cost of the central domestic hot water
electrically. We must have an adequate supply of
hot water for our tenants, so a volume reduction
was out of the question.
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Mel Hensch of Efficiencyplus Corporation
designed and installed a 6-ton EarthLinked
Commercial Water Heating system in one of our
buildings. After it was monitored for a period
of months, based on the energy savings and
satisfactory operation of the unit, we had
additional units installed in each of the five
remaining buildings.
The energy savings as monitored by the Public
Service Company of NH averaged 67-70% even
though common area lighting is on the same
electrical circuits. The thousands of dollars in
savings have meant a better bottom line for our
company.
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I was so impressed with the systems
performance that I had two EarthLinked heating
and cooling systems installed in my new home
consisting of approximately 5,000 square feet of
living space. We have had a very comfortable
winter at a cost that is only a fraction of what
I paid for fossil fuel in our previous
homes. We are especially pleased to be utilizing
this source of green renewable energy and want
to express our appreciation to you for your
efforts to make our project a success.
Lynn
Thomas
Partner, DLC Investments
Spofford,
NH
From Homeowners and
Installers:
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"We are running about 40% colder this winter
than last and about 12% colder than the 30 year
average. So, we are putting it [the
EarthLinked® system] to the test
and it is passing with flying colours."
- John Cavanagh, Homeowner, Rye,
NH
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the EarthLinked® heat pump system was the most
efficient and most likely to work in my
installation. My research showed that
EarthLinked® is 20 to 25 percent more efficient
than other geothermal options and is virtually
maintenance-free. "I’m amazed at
how low our electric bills have been in New York
City, where we pay $0.14/kwh. My neighbours are
paying a lot more to heat and cool their
homes."
- Mike Yoder, Homeowner,
Manhattan, NY
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"I think that what I have come to like about
DX the most after two years of use is the even
comfort level that it provides, no cold spots
and no warm spots. Just an even temp throughout
the house at whatever the thermostat is set
for."
- Del Leese, Homeowner,
Mechanicsburg, PA
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"The system cycles on and off keeping the
house at 70 degrees and is SUPER quiet."
- Arnold Gregory, Installer,
Dublin, GA
"We're thrilled with every aspect of the ECR
EarthLinked® system. The uniformity
of temperature throughout the house is far
superior to the 65% efficiency gas furnace. When
coupled with the whole house humidification
system and EarthLinked® system that
Redmond HVAC installed, the
house keeps us warmer than we had ever been in
the previous two winters living here, but the
thermostat is now set two degrees lower (at
68)!
My neighbours have been asking about
life with the new system. I try not to sound
smug, but it's hard not to be. Now, with oil
prices skyrocketing (are gas rates far behind?),
who has the last laugh? And to boot, unlike
theirs, our chimney doesn't spew anything
anymore.
This experience has proven to us
that when you do your research and come across
something that makes sense technologically,
economically, and environmentally, there's no
reason in the world not to do it."
- Richard Hoenich and Sheila
Globus, Homeowners, Sudbury, MA
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"We feel that our customers are 100 percent
behind us. They like our service. They like the
installations and they like the equipment. And I
tell you, the ECR unit is just superb....I try
to sell customers who come in looking for
water-source systems on
EarthLinked® because of the
greater comfort, lower operating cost, and
simplicity of service.
"The way we’re drilling for
EarthLinked®, we’re staying
out of the drinking water aquifer. The ECR
design is just so much better than traditional
closed-loop systems. I think we need that
because everybody needs drinking water and the
design of the Direct Exchange is better from
that standpoint. With DIRECT
AXXESS® earth loops we can drill
a much smaller hole. The water source people
have to drill 5 or 6-inch holes. The bore for
ECR loops is only 2 inches in diameter."
- Ken Lambert, Lambert
Construction, Bridgewater, VA
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"The EarthLinked® system is
maintenance free. You don’t have to worry about
it. Just set the thermostat and forget it. It
makes 100 percent of my domestic hot water and
replenishes the water as fast as you can use it.
I’ve never run out of hot water. I just can’t
say enough about it."
- Ellwood Hoover, Homeowner, Harrisonburg,
VA
"Our system has worked great. We've had no
problems. And we've seen our electric bills go
down. We doubled the size of our house when we
put the EarthLinked® system in
and our electric bill is less than it was before
we added on. So we're very happy about
that."
- Chris Bowlen, Homeowner, Port
Republic,
VA
Demonstration and Monitoring
Projects
In 1986, ECR began demonstrating its products
through electric utilities and private programs
including:
- The most energy efficient water heater
tested at the Florida Solar Energy
Center. The ECR dedicated heat pump water
heater was 400% more efficient than electric
resistance water heaters.
- A project funded by Florida Power
Corporation to test a standard 2-ton ASHP
modified with ECR's controls at the
University of Central Florida showed 10%
heating and 13% cooling season efficiency
improvements.
- A project monitored by Lakeland
Electric where the unit achieved an HSPF
(Heating Season Performance Factor) of 18.1 and
a SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating) of
13.6 in 1988 resulted in The Energy
Innovation Award to ECR by the Governor
of Florida. (Read
Summary)
- ECR's refrigerant controls were successfully
applied to displace the traditional thermostatic
expansion valve (TXV) and accumulator on a
standard 15-ton supermarket A/C in cooperation
with the building owner.
- Consumers Power Co. (MI) reported
12-month test which showed ECR system 25%
more energy efficient than all other Geo
systems (20) tested.
- The certification of a 10.4% heating
efficiency gain in an ETL Testing
Laboratory test of ECR controls in an ASHP
retrofit in 1991. (Testing of subsequently
improved controls is anticipated to show 15%
system efficiency gains in heating and cooling.)
- The successful operation of an ECR unit
began in 1996 in the Concept Home of Heritage
Homes in Maple Glen, PA which performs four
functions: forced air heating and cooling;
alternatively providing heat to a hydronic
radiant in-floor heating system; and integrated
domestic water heating. No other company has
this capability without the use of expensive
electronic controls.
- The demonstration of a coated copper earth
loop EarthLinked® unit
successfully operating in a residence in
Stockbridge, GA beginning in September 1996,
funded by the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association.
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All other geothermal heating and cooling providers in Australia use water-based earth loops to power their systems. The disadvantage of this is that water loops require expensive excavations since they need to be dug deep down into the ground.
EarthLinked® is the only system in Australia to use a refrigerant in their earth loops, enabling Energycore to offer both lower installation costs (due to less excavation costs) as well as a more efficient use of the earth heat.
If you are short on cash at the moment, Energycore has through its partners the opportunity to provide fast approval loans.
Contact us for further information.
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