Optimal Ground-Source Heat Pump System DesignCX(s) Applied: A9Date: 03/09/2010Location(s): New JerseyOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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March 9, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: A9
Date: 03/09/2010
Location(s): New Jersey
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
The ENVIRON International Corporation is proposing "to create a new least-cost design tool ("OptGSHP") that will enable ground-source heat pump (GSHP) developers to analyze system cost and performance in a variety of building applications (such as, residential, commercial, government, school and universities) to aid in design as well as purchase decisions." They plan to "develop a least-cost design tool (OptGSHP) which combines GSHP-specific interfaces of existing heating, ventilating, and air conditioning software design tool with groundwater flow and heat transport modeling software allowing the modeling of vertical, and pond/lake loops in different climate zones and building types in the presence of groundwater flow."