Radiant heat may be costly to install, but it’s among the most energy-efficient methods of heating your home. If you’re thinking of using a radiant heating system in your home, energy-efficient ...

Homes built after 1950 or so are typically heated with either hot air blown through ducts or hot water pumped through baseboard heaters. Older homes often have cast-iron radiators, which produce heat ...

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DEXTER, MI — Weighing options for heating the guest house they’re building behind their Dexter home, Katherine Becker and Steve Wells decided to go an alternative route. Rather than gas heat, which is ...

Comfortable, even, and efficient, radiant heat systems are becoming a popular option for many homeowners today. But there are a number of factors that come into play when considering radiant heat, ...

Keep your bathroom comfy and cozy this coming winter by installing an electric radiant heated bathroom floor system. Installing an electric radiant heated bathroom floor is a bit of a luxury, but it ...

Electric radiant floor systems typically consist of electric heating cables built into the floor. Electrical matting may also be mounted on the subfloor or below floor covering. The primary advantages ...

Q. This week: We're moving to Massachusetts soon and have purchased a home that has both a wood stove (which the previous owners say heats most of the house) and electric radiant heat in the floors.

Electric Radiant heat and Hydronic (water) radiant heat can both be broken down into two sub categories of systems - wet and dry. Wet systems are those that incorporate a large mass material (usually ...

Scientists in the United States has developed a new photovoltaic-thermal system design that utilizes parallel water pipes as a cooling system to reduce the operating temperature of photovoltaic panels ...

Radiant ceiling technology cools by running chilled water through ceiling-mounted panels, which exchange heat from the warm air in the room. It uses small ducts that directly feed in fresh air, ...

Q: My husband and I live in a 45-year-old brick ranch home. The house was built with electric ceiling heat, but we added propane forced-air heat in 1996. We kept the electric ceiling heat intact, but ...