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    • Our Story
    • HeatSmart Team
    • Earth Stewardship Award
  • Get HeatSmart
    • Enrollment 2022
    • Steps for Getting HeatSmart
    • Events
    • Incentives
    • Installer Partners
    • Case Studies
    • Home Energy and Heat Pump FAQs
  • Focus Areas
    • Workforce Training >
      • training registration
      • Workforce Training #1
      • Workforce Training #2
      • Workforce Training #3
    • Collaborations >
      • Renewable Heat Now
      • Community Partners
      • Air-to-Water Project
  • Video
    • WEBINARS >
      • Webinar Series 2021
      • Webinar Series Fall 2020
      • Webinar Series Spring 2020
    • Virtual Home Tours
    • Air & Ground Source Heat Pumps
    • Geothermal Video
    • Workshop Video
    • Community Meeting Video
  • Resources
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CAse Studies & Examples

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Ground Source 

This charming "Carpenter Revival"  home in Ludlowville is heated and cooled with a ground source heat pump system
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Air Source

This historic downtown Ithaca boarding house is heated and cooled with air source heat pumps and has a heat pump water heater.
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Ground Source

This contemporary farmhouse in Caroline is heated and cooled by a WaterFurnace 7 series ground source heat pump.
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Air Source

This historic 1902 home changed from a steam boiler to air source heat pumps. 
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2019 Case Studies

Katy: Air Source Heat Pumps

Outdoor ASHP Unit
Case study for air source heat pump system
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Katy’s 5900 sq. ft. home, violin wood-working shop, and an attached apartment were previously heated by propane forced air and boiler furnaces.

​Katy’s Concerns
  • Burning fossil fuels and the environmental impact
  • Landscape disruption (if using geothermal)
  • Aging propane furnace
  • Temperature/humidity control for musical instruments

Solutions
  • Before adding heat pumps, improved insulation
  • Air Source Heat Pump multi-zone installation that requires no yard excavation
  • Solar farm subscription to supply energy for system

Benefits
  • Improved comfort and reduced fossil fuel usage
  • Air conditioning in the warmer months

Lucy: Ground Source Heat Pump

Ground source heat pump loop system
Case study for ground source heat pump system
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Lucy’s 1403 sq. ft. home was heated primarily by a forced air natural gas furnace with the main unit in the basement. Lucy also had a space heater in the downstairs bathroom as a source of supplemental heat.

 ​Lucy’s Concerns 
  • Difficult to distribute heat upstairs with forced air
  • Reducing reliance on fossil fools
  • Improving safety and air quality of home

Solutions
• Before adding heat pumps, improved insulation
• 5.3 kW of solar panels installed in her yard
• Installed a ground-source heat pump

Benefits
  • With solar array energy production, electricity costs are comparable to costs for heating with natural gas
  • Air conditioning in the warmer months

Commercial Examples in Tompkins County

Purity Ice Cream

Purity Ice Cream

Purity Ice Cream heats its shop and parlor with geothermal heat pumps and powers them with solar-generated electricity.
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Village Solars

Village Solars

The Village Solars apartment complex in Lansing, NY, uses electric heat pumps for heating and cooling.
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Greenstar Cooperative Market

GreenStar Co-op

Greenstar Cooperative Market is using air source heat pumps for the new building’s space heating and cooling needs. 
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