Increasing Number of Home Buyers Want Energy Efficiency, Geothermal

If you are interested in a geothermal system to decrease the energy bills for your home and help you be eco friendly (and if you’re on our web site, then that is a ‘yes’), then you’re not alone. Far from it, in fact. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), 84 percent of…

High Hopes for Geothermal Tax Credit Extensions

US Rep Introduces Geothermal Tax Bill Bill extends tax credits for energy-efficient residential and commercial property through 2021 WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced HR 2412, the New Energy for America Act, which extends Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) for energy-efficient residential and…

ClimateMaster Celebrates 400th Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity Home Built with Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Media Contact: Katherine Baum Parker PR, Inc. P: 1+406.208.4986 E: kbaum@parker-pr.com Click here to download a PDF version of this press release. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 2, 2015 – ClimateMaster, a subsidiary of LSB Industries and a manufacturer of geothermal heating and cooling systems, celebrated the completion and dedication of Central Oklahoma’s Habitat for Humanity’s…

ClimateMaster Donates Heating and Cooling System to Another Wounded Veteran

We at ClimateMaster love doing our part to help communities around the United States. When it also involves helping out our U.S. Military Veterans, it is even more satisfying. Recently, Army Sgt. Ronny Sweger was looking into building a new home near Tulsa, Okla. Sweger was injured almost 10 years ago in Afghanistan when he…

Geothermal System Nears Forth Decade of Performance

A recent edition of The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration NEWS spotlights Don McDermott, whose ClimateMaster geothermal unit has been running smoothly for over 37 years. Living in Miami, FL., McDermott has his ClimateMaster unit on an open-loop system that circulates water between his unit and the pool in his back yard. The article includes…

ClimateMaster’s Trilogy™ 40 Receives Federal Laboratory Consortium Award

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., July 10, 2014 – ClimateMaster, in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has received the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s (FLC) 2014 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for its Trilogy™ 40 geothermal heat pump system. The award recognizes lab employees and private collaborators that accomplish outstanding work in successfully transferring technology developed…

Geothermal Systems Provide Energy Independence For More Homeowners

(BPT) – For years Dwight Nadig and his wife suffered through the cold winters in their York, Pa., ranch-style home, originally built in 1979. “We have no access to natural gas in our neighborhood, so we had oil heat,” says Nadig. “The price of oil has gotten extremely high and we found ourselves keeping the…

The HVAC System Most Suitable For Your Home

There are many factors to consider when you’re a homeowner choosing to update, upgrade or build a home that will be as energy efficient, and save you as much money as possible. One of the most important systems of any house is the HVAC system. In fact, it is one system that should be on…

Is Alternative Energy Gaining Ground with Home Builders?

Nearly a quarter of single-family builders installed energy-producing equipment such as geothermal heat pumps and photovoltaics in new construction projects last year, according to NAHB. Will alternative energy sources such as geothermal heat pumps and photovoltaic (PV) panels become standard offerings on new homes in the future? Just under a quarter of the market is…

ClimateMaster Donates 300th Geothermal System to Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity

Like so much else about Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity, ClimateMaster’s involvement with the charity homebuilder started with volunteers. A couple of ClimateMaster employees who had donated their own labor to Habitat construction started talking it up at work, said Dan Ellis, president of the Oklahoma City maker of water-source and geothermal heat pumps. Ellis…