Geothermal (ground-source) heat pumps (GHPs) have become a major growth area of geothermal energy use in the United States, Canada and Europe. Within the United States; however, according to geothermal heat pump shipment tracking by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the west only represents 9% of the total GHP shipments. Thus, this issue of the Geo-Heat Center Quarterly Bulletin is devoted to seven examples of GHPs in the western regions of Canada and the United States. Two are open-loop (groundwater) types and five are closed-loop (ground-coupled) types. We have attempted to include operating and maintenance experiences along with the associated costs