Ground or Water Source Heat Pump

coil You can access LiveSmart BC grants for geothermal and other ground or water source heat pump systems. A water or ground-source heat pump can reduce your heating and cooling costs by 65%. (1)

A ground or water source heat pump, also known as an earth-energy system (EES), uses the earth and/or ground water as a source of heat in the winter, and as a "sink" for heat from the home in the summer.

For more information on Ground or Water source heat pumps, visit the federal Office of Energy Efficiency's Heating and Cooling with a Heat Pump webpage.

LiveSmart BC Grants for Ground or Water Source Heat Pump
 Interior/
Northern		South Coastal
CAN/CSA compliant, new ground source heat pump installation that is certified by the Canadian GeoExhange Coalition$2500$2500
CAN/CSA compliant, ground source heat pump replacement that is certified by the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition$1000$1000
CAN/CSA C44 compliant, new shared ground source heat pump serving three or more homes that is certified by the Canadian GeoExchange CoalitionOne incentive per shared loop$1500$1500
One for each distribution system in the shared loop$1000$1000

(Note: Canadian GeoExchange Coalition certificate must be available at the time of the follow-up assessment. See LiveSmart BC grant chart, Terms and Conditions, and Notes to Contractors for complete eligibility information.)

Ground Source Heat Pump diagram


(1) Natural Resources Canada. 2004. Heating or Cooling with a Heat Pump. Part of the Home Heating and Cooling Series.

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