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If you use radiators heated by a burner operating on fossil fuel, you can: | If you use radiators heated by a burner operating on fossil fuel, you can: | ||
* change the fuel you use (ie natural gas, fuel oil, ...) to a [[biofuel]] (ie straight vegetable oil, ...) | * change the fuel you use (ie natural gas, fuel oil, ...) to a [[biofuel]] (ie straight vegetable oil, ...) | ||
* use your existing fireplace, or implement a new fireplace/stove (which burns wood) to heat your radiators. This can be done using a heat exchanger. This is a cost-effective option (wood being cheap) which reduces your emissions considerably. The downside however is that you need to start your fire manually every time. You can | * use your existing fireplace, or implement a new fireplace/stove (which burns wood) to heat your radiators. This can be done using a heat exchanger. This is a cost-effective option (wood being cheap) which reduces your emissions considerably. The downside however is that you need to start your fire manually every time. You also can not use your old fuel-powered heater. | ||
* replace the fuel-powered heater with a electrical heater. This is economically the least intresting option, yet reduces GHG emissions of this appliance to 0<ref>Atleast when using "green power" from the electricity companies</ref> | |||
==References and footnotes== | |||
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[[Category:Space heating]] | [[Category:Space heating]] |
Revision as of 18:09, 26 December 2012
In dwellings, the space heating system is one of the largest GHG-emitting sources. In order to reduce the amount of GHG emitted, aswell as increase the efficiency of the system/reduce operating cost, there are several changes we can implement, depending on the type of space heating system you currently have/use.
Radiators
If you use radiators heated by a burner operating on fossil fuel, you can:
- change the fuel you use (ie natural gas, fuel oil, ...) to a biofuel (ie straight vegetable oil, ...)
- use your existing fireplace, or implement a new fireplace/stove (which burns wood) to heat your radiators. This can be done using a heat exchanger. This is a cost-effective option (wood being cheap) which reduces your emissions considerably. The downside however is that you need to start your fire manually every time. You also can not use your old fuel-powered heater.
- replace the fuel-powered heater with a electrical heater. This is economically the least intresting option, yet reduces GHG emissions of this appliance to 0[1]
References and footnotes
- ↑ Atleast when using "green power" from the electricity companies