Bowman Chiropractic Clinic is a small, family-owned business. Ryan worked closely with the owners and partner OPN Architects to design and build a structure that met the clinic’s medical, aesthetic and budgetary needs. The facility is a one-story wood-framed structure with a walkout basement. To optimize energy efficiency, the building utilizes a geothermal loop buried 15 feet deep for heating and cooling.
(A geothermal heat pump system is a heating and/or an air conditioning system that uses the Earth's ability to store heat in the ground and water thermal masses. These systems operate based on the stability of underground temperatures; the ground a few feet below surface has a very stable temperature throughout the year. A geothermal heat pump uses that available heat in the winter and puts heat back into the ground in the summer. For more information, visit Wikipedia.com).