Think of geothermal communities, and places like Whisper Valley, Serenbe, or Pinewood Forest likely come to mind: master-planned mega-developments that are breaking ground by mandating geothermal heat pumps for heating and cooling as a requirement for new home construction.
Looking back 50 years from now, those mega-developments may be the turning point for a new type of home construction in America. But, per Stastica, the U.S. has 136.5 million homes that already exist. With more and more states making commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement, it will take retrofit work, too, to achieve the greenhouse gas reductions dictated: 50 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050.