Essential Innovations manufactures and distributes its proprietary cutting edge GeoExchange System, the "EI Elemental Series", in Vancouver, Canada. The EI Elemental family of products are high efficiency, eco-friendly comfort systems providing heating, cooling, dehumidification as well as domestic hot water production for residential, commercial and industrial applications.
Geoexchange Technology
Geoexchange technology harnesses the earth's clean, renewable thermal energy stored just below the surface or in large bodies of water for purposes of heating, cooling, domestic hot water and/or dehumidification. A Geoexchange system is used to "exchange" the earth's natural heating and cooling properties between a building and the ground. This non-combustion transfer of energy is the source of performance and environmental superiority, as Geoexchange systems need only a small amount of electrical energy to then capture, move and concentrate a large amount of free energy provided by the earth.
GeoExchange earth loops are a series of high density, polyethylene pipes buried in the ground/water and connected to the GeoExchange unit. A few feet below the surface, earth temperatures remain relatively constant and moderate. During the heating season, heat is extracted by the loop system and moved into the home or building. The earth serves as a "heat source". A GeoExchange unit can also cool. During the cooling season, heat is extracted and transferred into the cool earth through the loop system or well-water. The earth serves as a "heat sink".
The GeoExchange system consists of three integrated components:
* The Earth / Water Loop: provides the infrastructure for continually exchanging thermal energy between earth and building.
* The EI Elemental Series: concentrates and moves heat energy.
* The Distribution System: moves thermal energy to and from all parts of the building.
Geoexchange technology is proven through 20+ years of implementation. It has the lowest CO2 emissions of all "green" technologies. There are 2 million GeoExchange installations worldwide, and the number of GeoExchange installations is growing by 30% every year. The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy recognize Geoexchange technology as "the most energy-efficient, environmentally clean, and cost effective space conditioning system available today."
