Sustainable AC with Geothermal Energy

Looking for a sustainable way to cool your home ahead of the next heat wave? In this video, Sara Wylie, an Energy Justice, Technology, and Policy Fellow at the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Justice & Equity, explains how heat pumps can use geothermal energy to heat and cool buildings while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. When it’s hot out, a heat pump can pull hot air out of your house and transport it underground, where the colder temperatures chill the air before it moves back into your house. And when it’s cold out, the same process happens but the warmer air underground heats up air for your house.