Geothermal heat is an energy source that is local, reliable, resilient, environmentally-
friendly, and sustainable. This natural energy is produced from the heat within the earth, and …

The importance of investigating and addressing climate change, through the use of
renewable energy, is substantially increasing. Shallow geothermal energy is usually a …

The interest in alternative or renewable energy sources for greenhouse heating is currently
high, owing to the large heating loads and the relatively high price of fossil fuels. Important …

In recent years, ground source heat pump systems are recognized as effective renewable
energy heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. In ground source heat pump …

Mexico ranks 9th in the world in crude oil reserves, 4th in natural gas reserves in America
and it is also highly rich in renewable energy sources (solar, wind, biomasss, hydropower …

Over the last few decades, great deals on ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been
broadly addressed. Various systems of GSHP have been employed worldwide for …

This work deals with the efficiency and the energy behavior of Ground Source Heat Pumps
(GSHPs) used for heating and cooling of buildings. In particular horizontal type heat …

Ground-coupled heat pumps are widely applied in cold regions, but soil thermal imbalances
in some projects greatly deteriorate the systems' practical performances and heavily inhibit …

Solar assisted ground source heat pump systems (SAGSHPs) have been recently
scrutinized by many researchers as it was verified that they have increased the share of …

The operational performance of a hybrid solar ground source heat pump (HSGSHP) system
built at the Hebei University of Technology and composed of a ground source heat pump …