"Electric heat"

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

Heating with electricity

Heating with Electricity - The Best Choice for High Efficiency & Zero Energy Homes?

...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...

Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

Hydronic heating

...electric baseboards, hydronic heating systems facilitate zone heating as you can keep different rooms at different temperatures. Though different from electric resistance heating, hydronic systems are ultimately still using electricity to generate heat, so all the same environmental realities apply. Heating the liquid ...

Heating with electricity

...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...