Electric heat / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...electric furnace, a boiler heating radiators, electric baseboard heaters, cook stoves, hair dryers or even your toaster. Read more here about why you should heat your house with electricity. More efficient than an electric fireplace or any source of electric heat would be an electric heat pump, as a heat pump is 3 time...

...heating systems for homes to replace outdated radiator networks. Understanding hydronic radiant heating People often confuse the terms radiant heating and hydronic heating, but they are not synonymous. While hydronic heating involves water as the heat-transfer medium, radiant heating refers to heating surfaces to the p...

...heated spaces. Close unused rooms: Focus heating on occupied areas to avoid wasting energy. Choose the right model: If insulation is an issue, consider heaters with ceramic elements or thermal mass for better heat retention. Why choose a convection heater? Convection heaters may use more electricity than heat pumps or...

...Electric powered heat pumps save money  Heat pumps powered with electricity can heat a house on average about three times more efficiently than other heat sources. And pairing an air source heat pump with a heat pump water heater can further save energy and money.  Air source heat pumps are the most cost-effective type...

...Electric heat sources: Heating with electricity is not defined by just noisy baseboard heaters or an electric forced-air furnace. The efficiency and BTUs delivered through electric radiators, furnaces, convection heaters or boilers for hydronic radiant floors all fall within the category of ‘electric heat’, and are all...