Heat Pumps Efficiently Condition Your Building
OPPD offers a full spectrum of turnkey geothermal heat pump design solutions for commercial facilities.
Geothermal heat pumps are an exciting new alternative to conventional furnaces and air-conditioners that uses the earth's temperature as a heating/cooling source. Heat pumps are available for residential and commercial spaces alike and have a variety of advantages, including:
- Increased return on your building investment
- Lower lifecycle costs
- Reduced maintenance and operating costs
- Takes up less space in your building than a furnace
- Individualized temperature control
- Improved flexibility of installation
- Improved sustainability and lower carbon footprint
OPPD Services for Geothermal Systems
- Turnkey installation of Ground Loop Heat Exchanger (GLHE) systems
- Geothermal conductivity testing for critical design information in sizing GLHE
- Engineering design of GLHE systems
- Procurement services including GLHE contractors
- Construction management for installation of GLHE systems
OPPD Ground Loop Heat Exchanger (GLHE) Program
OPPD provides many well-field design services that help building owners minimize operating costs, while maximizing return on investment.
Engineering Design Services include, but are not limited to:
- Test loop specifications/guidelines
- Test loop contracting services
- Complete thermal conductivity testing services
- Complete GLHE design
- Coordination with the building architect and mechanical/electrical engineers
- Construction drawings and specifications
- Contract administration
- Construction management services
When contracting with OPPD, your business can expect the following for improved results:
- Review of building architect and engineer’s plans to ensure alignment with project goals
- Computerized modeling and calculations of HVAC system sizing and energy performance to the greatest extent possible (preferably done in collaboration with building architect and engineer)
- Over 25 years of in-house GLHE engineering, procurement and construction management experience to provide:
- Improved efficiency of the GLHE
- Reduce change orders with accurate design
- Ensure the most economical overall installation of the geothermal heat pump system
OPPD Geothermal Conductivity Testing Services
Geothermal conductivity testing provides the following important design information:
- Quantified measurement of how well the soil transfers heat – the soil’s thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity values
- Estimated measurement of the undisturbed deep earth temperature
- Report summarizing OPPD thermal conductivity test findings and common design recommendations
Contact
For more information, please contact your Senior Account Manager, Account Manager or email BusinessEnergySolutions@oppd.com.