Geoexchange benefits
Geoexchange systems provide many benefits for both developers and end users ranging from indoor comfort to protecting the environment and reassurance about ongoing energy costs. Having Terasen own and operate the system provides even more benefits.
Environmental benefits
- Extracting energy from the earth provides a renewable source of heating and cooling
- Highly efficient - requiring up to 75% less energy than conventional systems
- Lower energy requirements result in low emissions, reducing greenhouse gases
Developer benefits
Environmentally friendly features address purchaser's concerns about impact on the environment; enhancing the profile of the project
- Terasen assumes the upfront capital cost, alleviating developer of the large capital investment
- Terasen operates and maintains the system to utility standards, ensuring a satisfied end user and reducing the developer’s risk
End user benefits
- Systems have high reliability and safety standards
- Terasen's long-term contracts ensure user costs are competitive with conventional energy systems
- Terasen's stable rates provide a degree of insulation from energy price volatility
- Terasen's ownership and operation provides utility level service and 24/7 customer care
- End users have a smaller environmental footprint