ECONAR^® Energy Systems - Commercial Case Study
Furniture and Things™ Home Center - Elk River, Minnesota

One of the Upper Midwest region’s largest furniture showrooms, Furniture & Things™ in Elk River, MN also has the largest known slinky loop. What makes this showroom so unique, other than the 90,000 square feet of wall to wall furniture, is their state of the art heating and cooling with the ECONAR® GeoSource® line. Owner Larry Hickman stated that the savings were one of the main reasons he choose to go with geothermal. Although the initial cost was a bit higher, the payback on the system itself helped him make his final decision.

Geo$ense

The estimated annual heating cost is $8,300 and the estimated cooling cost is $3,700. The electric rate for the geothermal system is .05 cents per KWH. The savings over a typical natural gas system is about 28% less and about 63% less than LP gas.

Physical Data

• 90,000 square feet, Built in 1996
  
• 100 slinky loops at 6 –8 feet deep & 60,000 feet of pipe (or 12 miles) total
  
• Utilizes 10 ECONAR GeoSource® Heat Pumps
  
• 100 Ton Capacity
  
• Mechanical Contractor – S & B Geothermal, Ham Lake, MN
  
• Earth Loop Contractor – S & B Geothermal, Ham Lake, MN

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