The Hydron Module and TETCO brands of ground source (geothermal) heat pumps are now being sold directly under the Enertech and GeoComfort brands.

Since 1996, Enertech has been dedicated to providing the products that dealers and installers want along with the best customer service in the industry. In 2007, we acquired the Hydron Module brand along with their manufacturing facility in Mitchell, SD. After we acquired the TETCO brand in 2008, our production facility increased dramatically to make good on the promise of delivering high quality, high efficiency, products made with feedback from our customers and the building owners using them. 

Since then, the Enertech brand has undergone a transformation from Midwestern heat pump distributor to North American manufacturer of award-winning heat pumps. As Enertech has grown and become better known for reliable products installed on larger and larger scales across North America and beyond, unifying our brands allows us to better serve our customers and bring further recognition to our products and the companies selling and installing them. 

The history, expertise, excellence, and drive that made TETCO and Hydron Module brands staples of the geothermal heat pump industry have become a part of our DNA as a company. As we consolidate our product offerings with Enertech and GeoComfort at the helm, the heritage and quality of both Hydron Module and TETCO will live on through our continued dedication to redefining heating and cooling systems for the world.

Saving is the name of the game for New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Staff at its Green Island Maintenance Facility take saving all in stride—from helping unprepared hikers who lose track of time to housing a rattlesnake evicted from a vacation home. Lately, they have taken saving energy and money in stride, too, and ended up on the local news for doing so. 

Green Island may be one of the smallest towns in New York, but its DEC facility turned heads when staff unveiled an air-to-water heat pump that models two characteristics commercial operations increasingly value: 

• Less reliance on fossil fuels associated with heating and cooling buildings, and 
• Greater cost savings both now and into the future. 

MEETING NEW ENERGY REQUIREMENTS: THE CHALLENGE AGENCIES FACE  

The heat pump in the Green Island facility will deliver up to 40% savings in operating costs and up to 50% greater energy efficiency than its oil-fueled counterparts. It will also help the department address a challenge that state agencies nationwide increasingly face—meeting bold requirements to electrify and decarbonize. 

New York’s Climate Act requires that the state achieve a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 80% reduction by 2050. 

Commercial operations account for 75% of energy used in the buildings they occupy, and HVAC systems play a major role in operations. Efficient fossil-free heat pump systems represent substantial opportunities for big savings. 

AIR-TO-WATER TECHNOLOGY 

The DEC’s Green Island Maintenance Facility chose our Advantage air-to-water heat pump, made right here in America. 

Air-to-water heat pumps require no fossil fuel combustion. They transfer heat from the outdoor air to indoor water that warms interior spaces via radiators or underfloor heating. The process can be reversed for cooling or connected to an air handler for cooling the air in the building. 

Installation of the heat pump system at the Green Island facility was integrated into an existing radiant floor heating system. It can accommodate the addition of air conditioning for office spaces. 

BUSINESS SAVINGS 

Air-to-water heat pumps like our Advantage provide significant savings to businesses: 

• They deliver up to three times more energy than the electrical energy they consume. 
• With fewer moving parts, they require less maintenance. 
• They eliminate the risk of gas leaks or carbon monoxide poisoning from fuel-fired systems. 
• They produce no onsite emissions. 

Contact Enertech today to learn more about saving energy and money with an air-source heat pump in your business.

Some call the sun’s energy stored in the Earth “nature’s furnace.” Others call it “the heat beneath our feet.” The Renewable Energy Hub calls it the future of heating in housing development. 

Does paying bills seem like a video game? Just when you think you’ve conquered the beast, you’ve leveled up to a greater challenge and more ferocious adversary. 

Call them what you will—sun sponges, light harvesters, energy magnets—solar panels continue to make their way into the hearts and minds of homeowners. A recent Forbes survey reported that among solar panel owners in the U.S.: 

Sustainable technology matters to the Houchin family of Heyworth, Illinois. Since purchasing their six-acre alpaca breeding farm in 2009, they’ve installed LED lights, solar panels, and a heat pump system that exchanges energy with the Earth.