Baseboard heat can be an effective and affordable solution, either for the whole house or as a supplement in rooms underserved by the main heating system. Baseboard heat offers several advantages over ...

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 ...

If you’re lucky enough to have central heating and/or air conditioning, with an automatic thermostat, you probably don’t have to worry too much about the outside temperature. But central HVAC is far ...

Practical experience has demonstrated that conversion from electrical to hot water space heating and domestic hot water (DHW) can be expected to reduce the energy cost for heating by more than 20% in ...

Heated floors are luxurious and affordable. We'll tell you how to select the best floor-warming system for your home.

It’s hard to talk about heating when it’s so warm outside. but we’re investigating installing electric baseboard heating in both units of our Brooklyn townhouse for two reasons: 1) To give the tenants ...

Heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions associated with heating buildings, and many states have set aggressive targets to increase their use in the coming decades. But while heat pumps are often ...