Agenda

Registration                      8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session               8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own)       12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session           1:30 – 4:30 pm

Geothermal Heat Pumps and Indoor Thermal Comfort

Understanding the refrigeration cycle

The effect of air flow and insulation

How comfort is measured

Understanding efficiency

Understanding Earth Loop Systems

Architecture of closed loop systems

      • Horizontal ground loops

      • Vertical ground loops

Applications for open loop systems

      • Single well

      • Two-well systems

Evaluating topography

Measuring soil conductivity

Environments for ground-loop systems: beneath yards, fields, parking lots, and buildings

Designing Geothermal Systems

Determining loop type

Making heat loss calculations

Sizing the unit

Sizing the loop

Alternate geothermal designs

Choosing System Components

Basic components of geothermal heat pump systems: Pump, compressor, heat exchanger

Forced air systems

Hydronic systems

Domestic hot water options

Evaluating the Benefits of Geothermal Systems

Incentives to use geothermal

Measuring performance

Calculating savings and cost

Environmental benefits

Tax credits, incentives and rebates

Maintaining Geothermal Systems

Performing routine maintenance

Credits

Architects
6.5 Public Protection (HSW) Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs

Building Performance Institute
3.25 CEUs

Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Iowa and neighboring states.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

The Building Performance Institute has approved this event for 3.25 CEUs.

This event also offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been reviewed by any state contractor licensing entity for course approval.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Duane Crawford

Duane Crawford Dakota Geo Consultants, LLC
Mr. Crawford is a consultant and contractor specializing in drilling, geothermal capacitors, geothermal design and geothermal development. He has 46 years of experience in drilling, and over 29 years of experience in geothermal design and construction. Mr. Crawford has designed and constructed horizontal and vertical ground heat exchangers, and his alternative designs include pond loop, single well pump-and-dump, thermal capacitors, and solar-assisted ground source heat pump configurations. He has been involved in pioneering research in thermal capacitors under the registered trademark name DEWECEL for balancing and enhancing performance and efficiency in the application of ground source heat pumps. He has designed and constructed geothermal systems in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Canada, and Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. Mr. Crawford has worked in the water development industry since 1976. Geothermal development and design since 1993.

CD/Manual Price: $279.00

Currently, our self-study products DO NOT qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA or CLARB credit.

HalfMoon will mail you these materials via USPS. Please allow 5 weeks from the date of purchase to receive your product. If the live seminar is in the future, please allow 5 weeks from the date of the live seminar.

The CD/Manual package includes an audio recording of a live seminar on CDs, along with a bound copy of the manual that was distributed at the seminar. The manual contains written materials prepared by the seminar speaker(s).

The CDs contain embedded number codes, which you are required to document and return to HalfMoon if you wish to obtain a certificate of completion for the program. The acceptance of self-administered continuing education activities vary widely between states and professions. Before undertaking any self-study effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.

HalfMoon Education guarantees its products. The self-study products are recorded from a live seminar and there are circumstances where an audio recording is not available. HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. If you are not happy with a product you receive, you can return the product for a full refund. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.

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