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Green Building Rating Systems

BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) Go Green/Go Green Plus - BOMA BESt

www.bomabest.com

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method)

www.breeam.org

Green Globes

www.greenglobes.com

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

Canadian Green Building Council

www.cagbc.org

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

US Green Building Council

www.usgbc.org

Living Building Challenge - Cascadia Region Green Building Council

www.cascadiagbc.org

Manufacturers and Distributors

AWeb Supply - Slim Jim� Geo Lake Plate�

www.awebgeo.com

Clean Energy Developments - Green Energy Solutions

www.cleanenergydevelopments.com

EnerWorks Inc. - Solar Thermal Water Heating Systems

www.enerworks.com

WaterFurnace International - Smarter from the Ground Up

www.waterfurnace.com

Industry Associations

Alberta Geothermal Energy Association (AGEA) - Alberta's Industry Voice

www.agea.ca

Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC)

www.geo-exchange.ca

ecoACTION - Government of Canada - Federal Rebate Program

www.ecoaction.gc.ca

Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Ltd. - USA

www.geoexchange.org

Geothermal Resources Council - USA

www.geothermal.org

International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) - Down to Earth Energy

www.igshpa.okstate.edu

All of our GeoExchange installers are IGSHPA trained and certified

Interesting GeoExchange Facts

The first recorded geothermal system was a 1912 Swiss patent

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The ground absorbs 47% of the sun's energy that reaches planet Earth. This amount represents 500 times more than mankind needs every year.

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Over a million geothermal systems have been installed since 1980 in North America.

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Installing a geothermal system in a typical home is equal, in greenhouse gas reduction, to planting an acre of trees, or taking two cars off the road.

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Current geothermal installations save more than 14 million barrels of crude oil per year.

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If one in 12 California homes installed a geothermal system, the energy saved would equal the output of nine new power plants.