Articles

In order to facilitate your journey with GHEtool, we’ve prepared articles covering borefield sizing and general design challenges. Dive in below to gain valuable insights. Happy exploring!

Borefield design software vs rule of thumbs

Borefield design software offers precise solutions for optimizing geothermal systems. Unlike empirical rules, software tools provide tailored simulations, ensuring optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and risk mitigation. Check out the article for more information!

Earth energy designer or GHEtool

Earth Energy Designer (or EED in short) has historically been the biggest player in Europe when it comes to borefield design software. But with GHEtool, there is new player in town! If you are interested in the differences, strengths and weaknesses of both EED and GHEtool, you can take a look at our article, specifically on this topic.

Testimonials

Some reviews of our loyal users

The GHEtool is very user-friendly. I use it for a quick screening but also for sizing complex borefields.
It is really easy to compare different scenarios which leads to quick decision making.

GHEtool is a useful and reliable tool to quickly design and optimize borefields.
I like that I can compare different configurations. It’s very intuitive and has lot’s of options.

"Useful tool to look for optimizations of borefields.
Compare different configurations easily and quickly with each other."

“I like to use GHEtool because it is intuitive end easy to use.
Furthermore, I like its extendability thanks to the
open-source nature of GHEtool.”

Designing the ground heat exchanger properly is crucial for our analysis, but there is a lack of commercial software that meets our standards for accuracy and conformity to ASHRAE guidelines. Fortunately, I found GHEtool, an excellent open-source tool with user-friendly features. It is accurate and fast and helped me design the ground heat exchanger for my target facility's HVAC system. The best part is its well-written Python code and GUI, making it easy to use. I am excited for future improvements in GHEtool.

"GHEtool is reliable and fast. The Python setup is easy to integrate for your own use.
The code is well written and can be well understood.
The tool is our favourite for configuring a borefield for the purpose of sector-coupled district planning."

Articles

Borefield design software vs rule of thumbs

Earth energy designer or GHEtool

Testimonials

Some reviews of our loyal users

Users

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