GCG releases comprehensive report on GHG emission reductions

May. 05, 2010 – The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC), Canada’s national industry association for ground source heat pump technology, is pleased to announce the release of a research report entitled “Comparative analysis of greenhouse gas emissions of various residential heating systems in the Canadian provinces”. The document is being officially released during the 5th Annual Renewable Energy Conference 2010 “Powering Investments” held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 27th and 28th. This document is available on the CGC website.

The research document, the first of its kind, presents a comprehensive analysis of the specific and strategic role of geoexchange technology (ground source heat pumps) for the reduction of GHG emissions. The study’s results demonstrate that geoexchange system installations are advantageous in every province, especially when they replace electric baseboard heaters or oil furnaces.

“This report demonstrates that geoexchange systems offer an interesting solution and have a significant GHG reduction potential everywhere in Canada” said Denis Tanguay, CGC President & CEO. The results of the study confirm the recurring advantages in GHG reductions arising from the conversion of a conventional heating system to a geoexchange system. If only 2% of Canadian single-family homes installed a geoexchange system for their heating and cooling needs, a potential country-wide reduction of 376 000 tons eq. of CO2 would be possible. This emissions reduction is the equivalent of removing nearly 112,000 automobiles from our roads.

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Source: The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC)