Geothermal Heating and Cooling: Technology and Applications
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 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
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Construction Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Idaho.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this event 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 Provider No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This program also offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor board with a continuing education requirement. Idaho HVAC contractors do not have a continuing education requirement at this time.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Jason Fuller
Idaho Geothermal, LLCMechanical Engineer with Idaho Geothermal, LLC, in MeridianMr. Fuller worked in research and development for one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers for six years, where he developed and implemented assembly processes. He is an International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) accredited installer. Mr. Fuller has ten years of progressive hands on experience in the geothermal heat pump field. His experience includes water-to-water, water-to-air, open loop, closed loop, pond loop, horizontal bore, vertical bore, and radiant heat systems.