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Many innovative ideas and inventions are being developed thanks to the green revolution and there are also many techniques, technologies and design concepts that have been used successfully for centuries all over the globe. From passive heating and cooling to green walls we are increasingly becoming more aware of these smart designs through the use of LEED® or Green Building guidelines in America.

GEO Earth Tubes

One interesting design is called the earth tube and while it is very simple and effective it can be a challenge to incorporate into any design or retrofit. The concept is based on the fact that the earth under your feet stays at a very stable temperature all year around, basically the earth at just a few feet down will mimic the average annual temperature for any particular area.Image courtesy of

The idea is to simply lay thin wall pipes buried in the ground and circulate air through these pipes to either gain heat from or lose heat to the earth around the pipes. Pretty simple and effective but not very easy to implement and there are some concerns for possible condensation collecting in the pipes resulting in mold growth.

Geo Earth Tube

This same design is used all over the world today in the form of a ground source or geo-thermal heat pump, instead of air the system circulates water through smaller pipes and just like the earth tubes the water either gains heat from or loses heat to the earth around it. Highly efficient but can be expensive in initial up front cost. One word of caution, the technology is not well known so many contractors get in over their heads when selling and installing these systems and this leads to an undeserved bad reputation for the systems in general.

In essence we are all standing on a very large heat exchanger, free to use and completely sustainable, now that is a green concept. Granted, you will still use energy to circulate that water and convert it into something useful such as hot and cold air but the actual energy used is much less than any conventional system and well worth looking at if you have the budget for it.

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