Use the Power of the Earth

to Heat and Cool Your Home

According to Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), homeowners using a Geothermal System save an average of 30–60% off their monthly energy bills when compared to a conventional system.

Chapman Heating & Cooling has been certified by Missouri’s DNR to install geothermal heat pumps, and we’re excited by how many homeowners in new and existing homes are stepping up to save.

They’re saving 30-60% by using free renewable energy found in your backyard instead of fossil fuels.

HOW GEOTHERMAL’S GOOD

FOR YOUR BUDGET

While they sometimes cost more to install in homes than conventional systems because of the ground loop piping, Geothermal Systems typically have the lowest life-cycle cost of any heating and cooling system. Heating and cooling costs for a typical 2,000-sq.-ft. home can run as low as $1 a day.

Moreover, installation costs have declined substantially in recent years, and they’re expected to continue to fall as more builders and contractors offer Geothermal Systems and as the industry develops innovative ways to install the systems faster and more efficiently.

Altogether, Geothermal Systems are a sound investment. The amount they save the homeowner every month in energy costs is more than enough to offset their higher installation cost.

Remember, too, that geothermal means extra savings on repair, maintenance and hot water bills.

Furthermore, the energy efficiency of the system adds value to the home. The National Association of Realtors Appraisal Journal estimated that a home’s value increases by $10 to $25 for every $1 reduction in utility bills. That’s a lot of equity to build just by choosing geothermal.

HOW GEOTHERMAL IS GOOD

FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

According to data supplied by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Geothermal Technologies, nearly 40% of all U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the result of using energy to heat, cool and provide hot water for buildings. This is about the same amount of CO2 contributed by the transportation sector.

A typical 3-ton residential Geothermal System produces an average of about one pound less carbon dioxide (CO2) per hour of use than a conventional system. To put that in perspective, over an average 20-year lifespan 100,000 units of nominally sized residential Geothermal Systems will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by almost 1.1 million metric tons of carbon equivalents.

That would be the equivalent of converting about 58,700 cars to zero-emission vehicles, or planting more than 120,000 acres of trees. The waste heat removed from the home’s interior during the cooling season can be used to provide virtually free hot water, resulting in a total savings in hot water costs of about 30% annually and lowering emissions even further.

HERE’S PHIL TO TELL YOU MORE

PHIL WITH SOME FACTS AND MYTHS

OVER 60 YEARS

Like our company, the basic technology has been around for more than 60 years and many homeowners and businesses have been enjoying the benefits of geothermal heating and cooling for much of that time.

In recent years, though, significant improvements have been made in the materials used, installation methods, electronic control systems and the efficiency of the compressors, pumps and other equipment.

Like to learn more? Read on – or contact Chapmans today for a free in-home assessment to see if a geothermal system is right for you.

How it works

Geothermal heating simply pumps heat from the earth into your home. A liquid is circulated through a large loop(s) in the ground called a ground loop.

While that liquid is traveling through the pipe buried in the ground, it absorbs the heat from the surrounding ground.

That liquid then carries the heat to the heat pump, which acts similar to a refrigerator in taking that heat through a refrigerant cycle inside the heat pump and discharging it to your home heating distribution system (forced air or radiant floors).

Geothermal cooling works the same as geothermal heating, except in reverse. Heat is taken out of the structure in the home, put into the circulating liquid inside the ground loop and absorbed into the cool earth.

This “reversed” cycle is simple to switch a heat pump into with its reversing switch. When a ground source heat pump is in cooling mode it is functioning the same as a refrigerator, pulling heat out of the house, putting it through a refrigerant loop, and then expelling it out.

A refrigerator does that using the coils on the back. A groundsource heat pump does it using the large earth loop and cool mass of earth, making it more efficient to have heat go to cold instead of hot ambient air.

“will it ruin my yard, phil?”

Would you like to learn more or get started?

Our family’s proud to be the only International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) accredited installers in Columbia, Missouri. We’re qualified, experienced and ready to help you save with geothermal energy.

It starts with a free comfort assessment. Before we can recommend a system that will make you most comfortable, we have to assess your home and your family’s unique needs and situation. It will take us about an hour, then we can quickly and clearly show you an estimate of what will best suit you.

After 60 years of keeping our word, we feel safe to guarantee your satisfaction. It ends with that: your complete comfort and happiness.

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Meet The Team


Curt Moreland

Favorite Weekend Activity:

Spending time with family

Curt Moreland

Scott Hill

Scott Hill

Dan Ferguson

Comfort Food:

Steak and salad

Dan Ferguson

David Poole

Favorite Part of the Job:

“Saving the Day” Seeing how grateful people are when your able to get there AC or furnace working is what makes this job worth it

David Poole

Ellis Findling

Comfort Food:

A big thick steak!

Ellis Findling

Michaela LaBarbera

Michaela LaBarbera

Gerald Olson

Favorite Part of the Job:

The fun and friendship

Gerald Olson

Mike Booska

Favorite Part of the Job:

Working outside, change of scenery, helping customers

Mike Booska

Sarah Wright

Hobby:

Camping

Sarah Wright

Shana Martin

Favorite Part of the Job:

The people I work with

Shana Martin

Terry Pritchett

Hobby:

Fishing

Terry Pritchett

Thad Derboven

Favorite Weekend Activity:

Spending time with family

Thad Derboven

Beth James

Beth James

Daniel Martz

Hobby:

Hunting and fishing

Daniel Martz

J.C. Roney

Favorite Weekend Activity:

Going to church

J.C. Roney

Noah Wren

Favorite Part of the Job:

the people I work with

Noah Wren

Chris Livermore

Favorite Weekend Activity:

Grilling

Chris Livermore

Tanya Backman

Hobby:

Baking, Traveling, and Family Time

Tanya Backman

Alan Harris

Favorite Weekend Activity:

Smoking meat

Alan Harris

Josh Thomas

Favorite Part of the Job:

Mini Excavating

Josh Thomas


Thank you for all your help! The entire process was very easy and seamless.

B. Stockton – Columbia, MO

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