Visitors won’t find an air conditioning unit in the Pinewood Forest community, despite the steamy Georgia summers. And for the 50 new homeowners who moved in around Christmas, they won’t hear the on/off cycle firing up when they’re outside enjoying an evening on the porch, either.
That’s because Pinewood Forest is one of several large, master-planned developments that’s sidestepping the traditional HVAC system to embrace — and mandate — geothermal heat pumps for heating and cooling communitywide.