Heating and cooling

There is little more unnerving that losing heat in our homes during winter. Having a reliable heating system, and even a backup heating system, can help you rest easier at night so if your furnace isn't working, try this. There are a few things that will cause any furnace to either stop running, or only deliver cold…

One of the questions we're often asked is about noisy baseboard heaters. They click, they bang, they tick, tick, tick constantly, and most of all, electric baseboard heaters or hot water heated baseboard heaters keep people awake. So, how to fix that. Noisy baseboard heaters -yeah, it's a thing... Over the years…

Comparing the performance of air source heat pumps and ground source geothermal heat pumps at the Living City Campus Archetype Sustainable House to discover which is the best option. Air Source Heat Pumps, and are Ground Source Heat Pumps "Geothermal?" First let's clear up some confusion on terminology regarding…

Some techniques that will help you reduce your A/C needs, and certainly help you stay cool in the absence of having one. How to cool a home without AC While it's true that no matter where you live, be it urban, suburban or rural, the hottest days and nights of summer may have you dreaming of coolers climates…

选择最好的热泵是困难的。人们对热泵了解甚少，它们经常被过度销售，安装不良，放置在噪音扰民的地方。但最好的热泵是为绿色家庭供暖的一个很好的选择。最好的热泵是如何工作的?A heat pump works very…

天然气用于家庭取暖和做饭是如此方便，而且相对便宜，所以为什么北美和欧洲的政府和地方城市采取激进的决定逐步淘汰它，以及何时会禁止天然气。那么，为什么天然气会被逐步淘汰呢?Natural gas is being phased out of…

When building a new home, especially sustainable high-performance eco homes like Passive House or Zero Net Energy in a cold climate, some heat is still necessary. Is the greenest option Electric Heating? Read on to find out. More and more homebuyers are starting to demand energy-efficient new homes and are pushing…

Wood Combustion – How Firewood Burns, the stages and processes, & how to get the best heat for your $ while being eco-friendly. Understanding how firewood burns, the technical details Stage 1: The Evaporation of Moisture – otherwise known as “getting the[email protected]thing going” If you’ve ever tried to burn wet or…

Ecohome’s new demo house will be a slab on grade with Solar radiant floor heating powered by air tubes heated with air solar panels - Ingenious! Ideal for boosting Passive House heating in cold climate zones. EcoHome is in the process of building our next demonstration low-energy house, and to do so we…

泡沫辐射地板ICF的复出形式与空气管加热。辐射供暖系统现在在混凝土地板上很常见，因为它们提供了一个非常平衡和舒适的热量分配。Those systems are most commonly hydronic, meaning heated liquid is pumped through tubing in the concrete which…

Why are some homes more comfortable than others? Learn about how to design a home for human comfort, which also makes for a more durable and efficient home. Have you ever noticed that at times you can feel cold in your home even though the air temperature is exactly where you like to keep it? That's…