Boyle Street Community Service Centre
Thermal Creek worked with Chandos Construction to install the geothermal ground loop heat exchanger as part of the renovations to an existing 75,000 square foot building located at 10010 107A Avenue, located on 2.5 acres of land.
King Thunderbird Centre Geothermal is part of the renovations to an existing 75,000 square foot building located at 10010 107A Avenue, located on 2.5 acres of land. The facility, operated by Boyle Street Community Services, will be known as King Thunderbird Centre and will provide housing, mental health support, and addiction counseling for 7,000 people annually.
Now completed, the new 85,600 sq. ft. okimaw peyesew kamik (King Thunderbird Centre) will expand Boyle Street Community Services reach in serving the most vulnerable communities within Edmonton, Alberta.
The geothermal ground loop field consists of 40 geothermal vertical closed loop boreholes drilled to 492ft deep each.
A total of 8 headers were constructed to optimize the fluid flow between the boreholes.
40 Boreholes drilled to 492ft
Geothermal Heating
Geothermal Cooling
Drilling at KTC Boyle St.
A coffee break to discuss next steps
A TC Van at Boyle St
One header completion at Boyle St
Reverse return
Just one of the obstacles
Completed Geothermal Manifold
The installation of this geothermal field certainly was one of the most challenging that we have ever completed.
The site, while mostly new construction, was technically an inner-city retrofit. This meant very limited space for the drilling equipment to manoeuvre. The site also had a lot of existing underground utilities which made us feel like we had to play obstacle course with a drilling rig a lot of the times.
We did get the entire field drilled and installed on-time and on-budget.
HSEA
Chandos Construction
Commercial
Retrofit
June 2024
Jan 2026
Edmonton, AB
Salvation Army’s Grace Village
Thermal Creek worked with Synergy Projects to install the geothermal ground loop heat exchanger as part of the newly constructed Grace Village project for the Salvation Army.
The Grace Village Housing Project is a 175 unit residential development in Edmonton’s Castle Downs neighborhood. It is the Salvation Army’s facility for transitional housing and other associated programs. The entire project was completed in 2023.
It is truly a marvelous facility. We were proud, but also a bit humbled to be part of building a facility that will help so many of our vulnerable people in our community.
The geothermal ground loop field consists of 40 geothermal vertical closed loop boreholes drilled to 492ft deep each. A total of 5 headers were constructed to optimize the fluid flow between the boreholes.
The geothermal is set up as a decentralized system. This means that the ground loop is essentially extended throughout the building.
A total of 106 NORDIC geothermal water-to-air ceiling mounted heat pumps deliver the heating and cooling to the different areas in the building.
40 Boreholes drilled to 492ft
Geothermal Heating
Geothermal Cooling
Solar PV
Grace Village Drilling
Header Fusion, dropping down
Close up header at Grace Village
Coming into the building
Final inspections…in the first snow of the year
Geothermal manifold complete
On site towards the end of the project
The start of the project was “interesting”…
As we started drilling, we encountered heavy metal objects at around 50ft depth. Our drilling rigs were bouncing all over the place!
It turned out, and nobody was aware of this, that a long time ago, the area was used as a dumping ground for farm equipment.
We ended up ‘piloting’ all the borehole locations and subsequently using a Dual Rotary style drilling rig to get through some of these obstacles.
The Salvation Army
Synergy Projects Ltd.
Commercial
New Construction
June 2021
Sept 2022
Edmonton, AB
A Net-Zero Fire Station in Edmonton, Alberta
Thermal Creek was contracted by PCL Construction to be a part of the Net-Zero Windermere Fire Station #31 in Edmonton.
Windermere Fire Station 31 – the City of Edmonton’s first net-zero building – exemplifies thoughtful integration of the natural and built environments. It is a 1,520-square-meter facility built to serve the needs of a growing Edmonton suburb. It has bays for three fire engines as well as offices, sleeping quarters and dining areas for a crew of up to 12 firefighters.
The Fire Station’s Geothermal ground loop heat exchanger was installed by Thermal Creek. We drilled 35 boreholes to a depth of 230ft each and grouped them together in a 5 x 7 reverse return header.
35 Boreholes drilled to 230ft
Geothermal Heating
Geothermal Cooling
Hot water pre-heat from geothermal
Solar PV
Windermere Fire Station
Header Fusion at Windermere Fire Station
Headers lined up at Windermere
Pressure testing the headers
Geothermal manifold prior to insulation
Geothermal manifold for Windermere Fire Station #33, Edmonton, AB
NORDIC Water to Water at Windermere Fire Station
The Windermere Fire Station was the first City of Edmonton Net-Zero Fire Station. Due to a fairly congested site, we had to drill the 35 boreholes at the very start of construction.
Having the header lines stick up so high into the air felt un-natural at the time, but once the site was build-up it turned out perfectly.
GH3
PCL Construction
Commercial
New Construction
July 2021
Feb 2023
Edmonton, AB
Northern Lakes College Geothermal
Thermal Creek was contracted to deliver the geothermal field for the new Northern Lakes College High Prairie campus.
MANASC ISAAC Architects designed a sustainable and accessible learning environment. The High Prairie Campus HUB’s design, landscape and architectural components support and demonstrate the College’s vision, mission, design principles and sustainability plan.
The Northern Lakes College Geothermal ground loop heat exchanger was installed by Thermal Creek. We drilled 27 boreholes to a depth of 150m each and grouped them together in a 3 x 9 reverse return header. As a result, this header configuration provides optimal fluid flow.
The project is designed using BIM, and is designed to LEED Silver standards.
27 Boreholes drilled to 498ft
Geothermal forced air heating
Geothermal forced air cooling
Hot water pre-heat from geothermal
The project started in the spring of 2019, with most of the outside work completed by the fall of that year.
The inside work was done in 2020. The pandemic brought some unique challenges, as the project was far out of town, and hotels were closing. We ended up renting RV’s on campsites to complete the work.
MANASC ISAAC ARCHITECTS
Commercial
New Construction
June 2019
Aug 2020
High Prairie, AB
Geothermal for Pyrotechnic shop
A Calgary business owner recognized that building an energy efficient new shop would provide a long term competitive advantage.
This 5,000 sqft shop combines geothermal radiant heating for the main warehouse and geothermal forced air heating & cooling for the office portion.
Being somewhat remote, bringing in natural gas lines was expensive and heating with Propane is just never a good economical idea for the long term.
These factors, plus the longer terms lower footprint, made the decision for a geothermal solution and easy one for the business owner.
7 Boreholes drilled to 270ft
9.5 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Heating
Geothermal Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating.
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
No Gas – 100% geothermal
Solar PV
To meet the developers construction timelines, we actually roughed-in the geothermal header lines first.
We ran them from the mechanical room area to the outside where the field was going to be planned.
Drilling, and fusion connections to these roughed in lines happened quite a bit later. This worked out really well.
PRO FX
Commercial
New Construction
March 2018
April 2019
Rural, AB
Inner-city Geothermal House
Normally, we are a bit hesitant to heat anything outdoors with geothermal. Unlike inside a home, the outside air is “unconditioned” space and can lead to all sorts of issues with a geothermal loop field.
However, when we discussed in details the use and construction of the outdoor pool, we actually saw this as an opportunity to further enhance the geothermal efficiencies.
Much like our Roxboro project, we set up the geothermal as a simultaneous heating and cooling configuration. As a result, in the summer time, the same energy that is used to provide cooling to the house, is heating the pool simultaneously.
In other words, the pool receives free heating, from air conditioning the house!
This was the first residential project we completed with Barham Contracting. Fred Barham and his team operate on a different level compared to most builders in Calgary. The quality of design and workmanship are some of the highest we have seen in the industry and it was an absolute joy working with them on this project.
The geothermal system features two NORDIC Water-to-Water heat pumps.
8 Boreholes drilled to 300ft
12 tons total geothermal capacity.
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating
Geothermal DHW preheating
Simultaneous Geothermal heating and cooling
Contemporary Geothermal House
House taking shape during construction
Mechanical room in installation
Back yard seating area
Garages
Stunning view
This unique house in Calgary features an outdoor swimming pool. The Simultaneous Geothermal Heating & Cooling solution is designed so that the outdoor pool is heated in the Spring/Summer months with the same energy used to Cool the house.
Barham Contracting
Residential
New Construction
April 2012
February 2014
Calgary, AB
Inner-city Contemporary masterpiece
This contemporary new build in Britannia is a masterpiece in geothermal comfort. It features a combination of forced air and infloor radiant heating throughout the entire house.
This was the second residential project we completed with Barham Contracting. Fred Barham and his team operate on a different level compared to most builders in Calgary. The quality of design and workmanship are some of the highest we have seen in the industry and it was an absolute joy working with them on this project.
Many didn’t believe it possible, but the house is comfortable year-round with 100% geothermal and no boiler or furnace backup.
The geothermal system features two NORDIC Triple Function heat pumps. These versatile geothermal heat pumps combine forced air heating & cooling, with in-floor radiant heating and domestic hot water preheat.
6 Boreholes drilled to 275ft
10 tons total geothermal capacity.
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating
Geothermal DHW preheating
No Furnace – 100% geothermal
Brittania Contemporary Geothermal
Geothermal header lines
Coming in under the footings
Header lines stubbed under footing and secured
Manifolding the flow centers
A small but well planned mechanical room
NORDIC TF Heat pumps
The great HBX ECO-1000 controller
This was one of these projects where we received quite a bit of push-back from the conventional mechanical trades. Nobody believed that this house could be heated 100% by geothermal. There was a strong push for installing back-up boilers. This would have unnecessarily increased complexity and cost for the owner.
The builder, to his credit, stood by us and together we pushed back. Since 2016 this home has been heated comfortably 100% by geothermal.
Barham Contracting
Residential
New Construction
July 2014
May 2016
Calgary, AB
Geothermal in Bearspaw
Built in Bearspaw Country Estates. A desire to use the latest technologies and to be energy efficient made the decision for geothermal an easy one for the owner of this 6,600 sqft house that also features a 1,500 sqft heated garage/workshop.
We were proud to be selected by Laratta Homes to deliver this geothermal solution for their client.
The house features a NORDIC Triple Function series heat pump which does both forced air heating and cooling as well as heat water for radiant in-floor heating. A second NORDIC heat pump is the R-Series. This heat pump does both forced air heating as well as cooling.
10 Boreholes drilled to 240ft
12 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating.
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
Bearspaw House with tons of technology
Inserting the geothermal loop into the borehole
Drilling the geothermal boreholes
Pre-fabricated geothermal loop
Borehole connecting trench
Loopfield terminations in the mechanical room
Finished installation
This project was close to one of our other Bearspaw projects where we encountered a lot of issues with drilling.
We were worried that we might have similar issues with drilling here, but in the end, drilling conditions were completely different (and better).
It just shows how unpredictable drilling can be sometimes.
Laratta Homes
Residential
New Construction
July 2009
January 2011
Calgary, AB
Geothermal Closed Loop underneath the building
This multi family building has 4 Condo suites which are 100% heated by our Nordic geothermal heat pumps. Distribution throughout the building consists of in-floor radiant heating on the main level and Unico High Velocity forced air heating and cooling on main, 2nd and 3rd level.
12 Tons of geothermal capacity
Two 6-ton Water to Water geothermal heat pumps
Geothermal High Velocity Heating
Geothermal High Velocity Cooling
Geothermal in-slab heating
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
No natural gas heating: 100% geothermally heated since 2008
Peter Mauro was certainly ahead of his time when he build this Quattro building. Fully ICF foundation, many other technologies, and a geothermal field installed right underneath the building. It is visionaries like him that bring change to an industry.
Peter Mauro
Multi-Family
2008
Calgary, AB
Geothermal bungalow with mountain views
The mountain view from this 6,000 sqft bungalow gave the owners a heightened awareness of the environment. Both geologists, they were excited about the 10tons of annual carbon footprint reduction that the geothermal would provide them.
10 Boreholes drilled to 200ft
10 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal forced-air heating
Geothermal forced-air cooling
In-slab radiant geothermal heating
Geothermal domestic hot water pre-heat
I’m glad that I chose Thermal Creek to install my geothermal system. I would recommend them to anyone considering a geothermal install!
Homeowner
Geothermal house springbank
Views…
Individual geo lines manifold
Trenches in the front
After all is back-filled
Doing work at the house
The owners who built the house were both geologist. We will never forget the excitement on their faces when they first experienced the geothermal heating: “The Earth is heating our home” they cried out!
Residential
New Construction
November 2007
July 2009
Calgary, AB
Geothermal 2.0
Taking geothermal into extreme with a simultaneous heating and cooling configuration.
This 7,500 sqft piece of contemporary art is situated right on the Elbow River.
When we first saw the design of the house, we knew we could do something very special here. Geothermal heating and cooling is all about energy transfer. We set up the geothermal system in such a way that it actually transfers energy within the house first, before using the geothermal ground loop.
As a result, during the shoulder seasons, the homeowners can actually have cooling in the bedrooms and using that same energy to heat the basement.
While this configuration is more common nowadays in commercial geothermal applications, back in 2012 this was a novelty set up.
10 Boreholes drilled to 240ft
12 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating.
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
Unico High Velocity Fan Coils
Simultaneous Geothermal heating and cooling
Contemporary house
Rendering of the house
Custom steel construction
Drilling during construction
Trenches ready for fusion
Geo Header fusion 1
Geo Header fusion 2
Geothermal header lines
Entire geothermal field backfilled
Doing a pressure check on the geothermal field
Original installation pre-flood
NORDIC W-Series Heat Pumps
Not so much interesting, but rather sad. The house took many years to build and finally when the owners took possession, in the Spring of 2013, the Calgary Flood of 2013 hit literally months after moving in.
Thankfully, there was no damage to any of the underground geothermal infrastructure, but the entire mechanical room had to be re-done.
During the second iteration of the mechanical room, we placed a lot of the key equipment on higher platforms in case of a future flood.
Warbleton Development
Residential
New Construction
May 2010
Jan 2013
Calgary, AB
Geothermal with a view…
This Two-Storey with amazing view packs 6,700 sqft of total developed space, including an in-floor heated basement. The 800sqft garage also has in-floor heat. Two geothermal heat pumps, one Triple-Function and one R-Series forced air, create optimal comfort. The house is heated 100% by geothermal. No furnaces or back-up boilers are required or installed.
Since geothermal also eliminates the otherwise two outdoor air-conditioning compressors, the homeowners can enjoy their amazing view in total silence in the summer…
6 Boreholes drilled to 300ft
9 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Heating
Geothermal Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating.
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
No Gas – 100% geothermal since 2013
House in Calgary SW
Mechanical room with geothermal heat pumps
NORDIC R and TF Series
We hit a lot of boulders during the drilling phase at this location, and we had to be extra careful during the fusion work to ensure none of these big rocks landed on top of the field.
Duri Homes
Residential
New Construction
June 2012
June 2013
Calgary, AB
Stunning home in Red Deer
LeviRio, Red Deer’s top quality custom home builder for years, provided its client with the option to go with geothermal heating & cooling for this stylish 7,000 sqft (including basement) Two-Storey home.
Reviewing several other proposals, the client and LeviRio selected Thermal Creek. Thermal Creek designed and installed the geothermal system that will provide year-round heating & cooling with a combination of forced air and radiant in-floor.
6 Boreholes drilled to 275ft
10 tons total geothermal capacity.
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating
Geothermal DHW preheating
No Furnace – 100% geothermal
I just wanted to thank Thermal Creek for the work you did for us in Red Deer. It was our first geothermal project and Thermal Creek was very informative and helpful during the whole process. I would have no hesitation recommending Thermal Creek fully!
Gorgeous house finished
Geo field staked out
Drilling…
…in the snow
more snow and drilling
Trench for fusion
Back of the house under construction
Front of the house under construction
NORDIC TF Heat pumps
In-floor radiant zoning actuators
DHW Geo preheat and primary
HBX ECO-1000
Geothermal Flow Centers
A very nice mechanical room
The building code in Red Deer is very strict on mechanical room layout. Their rule is that every piece of equipment has to be able to be removed from the mechanical room without having to move any other piece of equipment.
While the rule sounds cumbersome, it actually made the entire project team think really hard about the layout of the room. As a result, the room looked and operated absolutely great once it was all done.
Levi Rio Custom Homes
Residential
New Construction
November 2013
September 2014
Red Deer, AB
Gorgeous property in a stunning location
Thermal Creek completed this Windermere BC recreational geothermal solution back in 2013.
For a Calgary couple building in the Valley in BC, the choice of burning propane versus using clean and cheap energy from the Earth was an easy one…
The geothermal system features a NORDIC Triple Function heat pump. This versatile geothermal heat pump combines forced air heating & cooling, with in-floor radiant heating and domestic hot water preheat.
3 Boreholes drilled to 270ft
5 tons total geothermal capacity.
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating
Geothermal DHW preheating
No Furnace – 100% geothermal
Beautiful property
What a view….
NORDIC TF delivered to site
Pressure testing the field
NORDIC TF heat pump…making it work in a tight mechanical room
Under construction
Due to limited space, we drilled our boreholes right underneath the slab-on-grade house.
Residential
New Construction
July 2012
April 2013
Windermere, BC.
Geothermal in Bearspaw
This 4,200 square feet walkout bungalow is anything but ordinary. The house has an ICF foundation and lots of spray foam on the main levels to enhance the envelope.
A single 6-ton geothermal heat pump has provided 100% comfortable and adequate heating and cooling. This project is an example of how Estate living can be very energy efficient!
8 Boreholes drilled to 145ft
6 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Radiant in-floor heating.
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
No Gas – 100% geothermal since 2012
The main reason for installing Geothermal was to eliminate the Gas bill, and to increase the energy efficiency of our new house. After a year with the system installed and running I am extremely satisfied with the installation, operation and service I receive from Thermal Creek. I would recommend Thermal Creek Geothermal to anyone thinking of installing a Geothermal system!
Home owner
We found Thermal Creek to be very professional during the construction process. I would highly recommend Thermal Creek and would use them again.
President, Cornerstone Homes
Bearspaw Estate home with geothermal
Header trench overview
Geothermal header fusion
Geothermal header fusion 3
Geothermal header fusion 2
NORDIC TF heat pump delivered
Drilling conditions were extremely sandy and it was hard to keep the boreholes open. We ended up reconfiguring the borehole field to 8 shallower boreholes.
This was one of the first projects where we installed an online energy monitoring system.
Cornerstone Homes
Residential
New Construction
April 2011
February 2012
Calgary, AB
Geothermal Open Well
When faced with challenges left behind by the original contractor, Thermal Creek stepped in and turned around many of the geothermal systems for the Spring Creek development. Subsequently, Thermal Creek has been retained to perform scheduled maintenance and repairs for all geothermal systems in the development.
Spring Creek Mountain Village, also known as SCMV, is a unique development in the heart of Canmore.
The entire community sits on an abundant aquifer and as a result, the developer decided early on in the development to use a geothermal open well style system for all buildings. In essence, an open well style system uses a set of supply and discharge water-wells to perform the heat exchange with. Incredibly cost-effective, but certainly very site specific, this type of geothermal solution was the right choice for the community.
Thermal Creek was introduced to the project in 2011 when some issues around the original contracting company arose. We have been coming there ever since to perform service and maintenance on the geothermal systems.
Spring Creek uses Open Well Geothermal
Geothermal Heating
Geothermal Cooling
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
The community received many awards, including Built Green® Platinum
Spring Creek
Well basins in the earlier buildings
Storage tanks
Rows of geothermal heat pumps
NORDIC W-Series Commercial
There are many interesting facts and events regarding this community. It has been interesting to see how the geothermal installations evolved over time. The earlier buildings had what we called the swimming pools – essentially a big basin with heat-exchanger plates to allow for energy transfer. The current design is a more direct exchange without the swimming pool and larger NORDIC Commercial (81-tons) Water-to-Water heat pumps.
Spring Creek
Multi-Family
2011
Ongoing
Canmore, AB
Mount Pleasant Net Zero
An Energy Neutral (or Net-Zero) home would be the ultimate goal for the owner of this 2,200 sqft two-storey infill. Geothermal, tight insulation and a few solar panels got him very close.
The geothermal system features one of NORDIC’s innovative EMW-Series heat pumps. This heat pump integrates the water-to-water heat pump with buffer tank and back-up functions all in one.
The project also uses a product called Warmboard for main and upper floor. This subfloor type system has routing built-in for the infloor lines and works extremely well with geothermal.
4 Boreholes drilled to 250ft
4 tons total geothermal capacity
In-Floor heating throughout the house
Geothermal domestic hot water pre-heat
Solar Thermal hot water and tank-less water heater.
No Gas – 100% geothermal since 2012
Thermal Creek’s ability to work with and educate our trades and staff from design through to implementation to follow-up on performance with our home owners aligned perfectly with our company’s core values of Sustainability, Integrity, Accountability, and Agility. We have worked with many companies that provide renewable sources of energy, and Thermal Creek remains at the top of our list.
This house was one of the first we worked on that incorporated a fully legal secondary basement suite. The concept of geothermal radiant in-floor heating pairs well with the legal suite as it easily allows for separate heating control in the basement suite.
Avalon Master Builder
Residential
New Construction
November 2009
September 2010
Calgary, AB
McKenzie Towne Net Zero
A strong urge to remove themselves from volatile and un-predictable fossil fuel markets, the homeowner quickly realized that geothermal was the most cost-effective and efficient way to do this.
For this McKenzie Towne split level new built, no natural gas line was installed.
Thermal Creek completed this project with Avalon Master Builder. Avalon has always led the charge in Calgary when it comes to sustainability in construction.
2 Boreholes drilled to 300ft
3 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
Geothermal hot water pre-heat.
No Gas – 100% geothermal since 2012
I was initially interested in the geothermal system due to it being a greener technology than traditional heating and cooling systems. Having geothermal in my house also means I do not use natural gas and that’s one less bill to worry about. Koen at Thermal Creek has been very helpful at all steps of the planning and installation process, and ensured I was fully educated on how the system works, what to expect, and how to ensure it runs smoothly in the future!
Home owner
Thermal Creek’s ability to work with and educate our trades and staff from design through to implementation to follow-up on performance with our home owners aligned perfectly with our company’s core values of Sustainability, Integrity, Accountability, and Agility. We have worked with many companies that provide renewable sources of energy, and Thermal Creek remains at the top of our list.
President, Avalon
Under construction
Ready for some loop field flushing
NORDIC R-Series heat pump arrived
Geothermal header tied in
After drilling completion
This house simply has no gas line and it has been geothermally heated since 2012 without any issues.
Avalon Master Builder
Residential
New Construction
April 2011
May 2012
Calgary, AB
Geothermal recreational property in BC
For this Calgary couple, using the Earth to heat & cool their 2,700 sqft two-storey recreational property made a lot more sense than using dirty and expensive Propane.
5 Boreholes drilled to 200ft
5 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal forced-air heating
Geothermal forced-air cooling
Geothermal domestic hot water pre-heat in combination with an electric hot water tank.
No Furnace – 100% geothermal
I am really happy with my system and hate to see geo systems fail due to poor designs. Thanks for doing a great job on our house!
Homeowner
Fairmont Recreational
Foundation stage
Geothermal drilling operation
Discussing soil conditions
Drilling
Geo mechanical room
Flushing the geothermal field
One of our earliest installations. Has been running problem free since 2009!
Residential
New Construction
July 2009
November 2009
Fairmont, BC
Rancher style south of Calgary
The owners of this 5,200 sqft 2-storey were hoping to provide a more comfortable environment to raise their family. Their decision for choosing geothermal was both environmental and economical. This was reflected in their geothermal system design which is capable of meeting 100% of the heating & cooling requirements without any backup.
9 Boreholes drilled to 200ft
9 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal Forced Air Heating
Geothermal Forced Air Cooling
In-Floor heating throughout the main floor using Warmboard
Geothermal domestic hot water pre-heat
Rancher style house
Two NORDIC W-Series heat pumps
Mechanical room
Forced air heating and cooling in this house is coming from two hydronic fan coils. Fan coils are located in different areas of the house, which is why we configured the geothermal system with water-to-water heat pumps. It added some complexity to the system, but worked well in the end.
Residential
New Construction
November 2007
October 2008
Calgary, AB
Geothermal bungalow in Southwood Calgary
This 1950’s built inner-city 2,000 sqft bungalow was in need of a heating system upgrade. The homeowner’s ultimate goal was to completely eliminate the use of Natural Gas and implement environmentally friendly features. Geothermal was the most obvious choice.
3 Boreholes drilled to 278ft
4 tons total geothermal capacity
Geothermal forced-air heating
Geothermal forced-air cooling
Geothermal domestic hot water pre-heat
100% Geothermal – the owner even removed the gas line to the house.
Thermal Creek proved to be a qualified, knowledgeable and professional geothermal company. I’m glad that I chose them to design and install my geothermal system and I recommend them to anyone considering a geothermal installation!
Homeowner
Southwood Bungalow
NORDIC R-Series (2008)
Two-Tank Geothermal hot water
Geothermal Mechanical room
Drilling in the backyard
Our first retrofit back in 2008. The drilling in the backyard was messy, but in the end the system works really well all these years and still to this day.
Residential
Retrofit
June 2008
July 2008
Calgary, AB
