In-floor heating / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...heating with electricity over fossil fuels, as natural gas heating is being phased out of homes for heating for ecological reasons, but an equally valid reason are the health concerns from heating and cooking with natural gas While often used for comfort, modern systems allow for underfloor heating for primary heat sou...

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...heating degree days per year (Fahrenheit degree-days, base 65°F); there isn’t all that much sunlight in the winter, and Quebec—let alone northern Quebec—isn’t the first place that comes to mind with cutting-edge building design. But in Saguenay, located 130 miles north of Quebec City, Alain Hamel has created what just ...

...heating system turned off for a 10 day stretch in February, yet maintained indoor temperatures in the mid 20s (°C) and dropped only to 20.4 °C after consecutive overcast days. To balance temperatures through the home, unheated water is pumped through the concrete slab floor to help transfer the warmth of the sun from t...