Established in 1987, the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) is a nonprofit, membership-based organization that promotes
geothermal heat pump
A ground source heat pump (also geothermal heat pump) is a heating/cooling system for buildings that uses a type of heat pump to transfer heat to or from the ground, taking advantage of the relative constancy of temperatures of the earth through ...
technology. It was a outreach unit of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT) at
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
until 2020. In June 2020, the OSU Board of Regents voted to approve a transfer of IGSHPA, its intellectual property, and assets to the control of the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO).
Primary Efforts
IGSHPA is the main organization for establishing standards of practice and standards of design for
Geothermal Heat Pump
A ground source heat pump (also geothermal heat pump) is a heating/cooling system for buildings that uses a type of heat pump to transfer heat to or from the ground, taking advantage of the relative constancy of temperatures of the earth through ...
(GHP) systems in the US.
Related organizations have been formed in other countries on four continents, including Australia, Canada, China, India, South Korea, and Sweden.
Conferences
Each year the association hosts an annual conference for people such as manufacturers, contractors, distributors, and drillers.
Standards
IGSHPA sets and revises standards for
Geothermal Heat Pump
A ground source heat pump (also geothermal heat pump) is a heating/cooling system for buildings that uses a type of heat pump to transfer heat to or from the ground, taking advantage of the relative constancy of temperatures of the earth through ...
(GHP) system installs based on ongoing research and field application results.
See also
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Association of Energy Engineers
The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), founded in 1977, is a non-profit professional society whose mission is “to promote the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for sustainable de ...
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Geothermal heat pump (GHP)
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Thermal battery
A thermal energy battery is a physical structure used for the purpose of storing and releasing thermal energy—see also thermal energy storage. Such a thermal battery (a.k.a. TBat) allows energy available at one time to be temporarily stored an ...
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Renewable thermal energy
Renewable thermal energy is the technology of gathering thermal energy from a renewable energy source for immediate use or for storage in a thermal battery for later use.
The most popular form of renewable thermal energy is the sun and the sol ...
External links
International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
References
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