WaterFurnace International, USA

WaterFurnace is on a mission to transform the way we use energy, protect resources for future generations, and give people the freedom to focus on life. Headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN, WaterFurnace designs and manufactures ultra-efficient, renewable esigns and manufactures ultra-efficient, renewable-energy solutions for heating, cooling and hot water in homes and commercial buildings. We employ more than 275 people in R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Sales roles across the US and Canada. For almost four decades, our Geothermal Heat Pumps, Water Source Heat Pumps, and Heat Recovery Chillers have been reducing energy consumption and increasing comfort in buildings around the world. WaterFurnace International, Inc. manufactures and distributes geothermal and water source heating and cooling systems for residential, commercial, and institutional buildings internationally. We believe our purpose is to transform the way society uses energy, protect resources for future generations, and give people the freedom to focus on life. In 1990, explosive sales and a quest for a state-of-the-art facility that would spotlight the advantages of using geothermal energy led WaterFurnace International, Inc., to build its 115,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. WaterFurnace installed what was at the time the largest geothermal pond loop system in North America to provide the building's heating and cooling. The system uses a combination of WaterFurnace's own water-to-air and water-to-water geothermal units. Horizontal units condition various zones within the two-story office space and seven large-capacity horizontal units--totaling 70 tons--conditioning the manufacturing area. The total capacity of the system is 153 tons, 134 of which were installed in 1991 and 19 of which were added in 1995. The environmental control for the testing laboratory consists of over four dozen WaterFurnace units. The lab support equipment--totaling 168 tons--uses the pond loop as a tempering medium when lab requirements fluctuate outside of specified limits. ...view more