Space heating

Space heating refers to the heating of spaces (often confined spaces).

• Rooms in houses can be heated using:
  • Heat exchangers (ie radiators run on hot water heated by a burner or heat pump)
  • Electric heaters (electric radiators, convectors^W
  • Combined heat and power systems
  • The sun (see passive solar heating)
  • Biomass (see Open fire, wood burner, ...)

• Heat generated in specific rooms can be distributed evenly around the house using:
  • heat recovery ventilation
  • natural ventilation

• Confined spaces can also be heated with the intent of cooking food; see Cookers

See also

• Green tuning of space heating systems
• Cooling of spaces

Notes

Note that any radiators -which you may wish to scrap when discarding your central heating system- can be reused for making a DIY solar thermal collector.^[1]. This involves putting it so that one inlet is at the top (at an angle) and the other is at the bottom, painting the radiator black, placing it in a wooden box with glass lid and connecting it to a water heater with tap.

References

External links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heater