在许多地方，空气耦合电热泵已被证明是一种经济可行的空间供暖和制冷设备。在有利条件下，开环水耦合热泵也证明了其竞争力。地面耦合（闭环）热泵似乎具有更适合大多数情况的特性。人们对地源热泵减少能源使用和需求的能力的兴趣已经在几个国家引发了一系列研究活动。研究工作包括在有人居住的房屋中进行受控实验室研究和示范研究。本文描述了这些活动的一部分，并提供了一些典型的研究结果。 参考文献中描述了有关测试和结果的更完整信息。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1983年，第89卷，pt。华盛顿特区2B。

The air-coupled electric heat pump has proved to be an economically viable device for space heating and cooling in many localities. The open-loop water-coupled heat pump has also proved its competitiveness where favorable conditions exist. The ground-coupled (closed-loop) heat pump appears to have characteristics that make it even more suitable for most situations.Interest in the ground-coupled heat pump’s ability to reduce both energy use and demand has led to a number of research activities in several countries. The research effort has included both controlled laboratory studies and demonstration studies in occupied homes. This paper describes a part of these activities and furnishes some typical results of the studies. More complete information on the tests and results are described in the references.