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Project Overview
The Dandelion Air: Affordable, sustainable heating and cooling. Hassle-free operation. Simple, quiet and clean.
Dandelion Air is an all-in-one heating and air conditioning system made more efficient by safe, geothermal heat.
Dandelion Air replaces your home’s existing air conditioning and heating equipment with a powerful heat pump and safe, underground pipes that move heat between the earth and your home.
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Project Context
The Dandelion geothermal system is cleaner and results in lower and steadier home energy costs simply by using the energy under a homeowner’s yard. Because the ground is cooler than the air in the summer and warmer than the air in the winter, it’s a great solution for home heating and cooling.
Project Innovation
In cold temperatures, heat is absorbed from the ground and sent to a heat pump. The pump boosts the heat and circulates warm air through the home. In warm temperatures, the heat pump cools the home by removing heat from the air and redistributing it into the ground.
Design Challenge
In the U.S., buildings account for 39% of all carbon emissions, with the majority of these emissions coming from the combustion of fossil fuels for heating and cooling. In the Northeast of the country, heating and cooling is particularly carbon-intensive due to the high use of fuel oil and propane gas during the cold months. Use of these conventional fuels also has an unfortunate side effect for homeowners — they feel the financial hit if fuel prices rise during a long cold winter.
Dandelion seeks to make it easier and more affordable to heat and cool homes with a clean, free, abundant, and renewable resource: geothermal energy. Dandelion uses high-performance equipment and a proprietary, low-cost installation process that allows homeowners to save money and help the environment by moving away from conventional heating and cooling methods.
Commercial - Systems
Commercial projects recognises that design is the means to create meaningful experiences for users, create value for people and drive profit for businesses.
All systems are designed to serve a purpose – and that purpose is to serve people. Systems design optimises systems performance by systematically focusing on the human component - human capacities, abilities, limitations and aspirations.
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