Tag: Heating
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Gorgeous Pellet Stoves Are Getting Hotter
New European designs are smaller and sleeker; perhaps they will finally find their way to North America
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6 Energy-Saving Portable Electric Space Heaters
When the weather outside is frightful, put one of these to work to slash the electric bill and keep feet toasty.
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Rock Rocket Stove Is Held Together By Coat Hangers
Here is a really clever and cheap rocket stove design for nomadic peoples
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New Nest Thermostat Has Slimmer Design, Even More Energy-Saving Features
The smart thermostat is now compatible with most home heating and cooling systems in the U.S. and Canada.
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How to Build a DIY Solar Air Heater from Old Soda Cans
A Seattle man builds a DIY solar space heater for his off grid office. Here's how.
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Smart Wall Uses Nanotechnology to Control Indoor Temperatures
The wall can be programmed at the time of manufacture to allow heat into a building up to a set point, say 70 degrees, and then reject heat if the temperature rises above that point.
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Power-Pipe Heat Exchanger Could Reduce Water Heating Costs by 40%
Water heating costs can account for a large percentage of the energy demands of a home, but this heat exchanger for recovering waste heat from drain pipes may put a dent in that.
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How to Make a Gorgeous Wooden Desk Fan and Heater
As the mercury rises, staying cool becomes a real challenge. Try making this gorgeous desk fan to keep your energy costs down.
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How to Make a Simple Solar Spa Heater on Your Roof
For $60 worth of materials, you can make your own water heater on your roof, for your spa, shower or sink.
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'Bio Computer' Blends Tech and Organic to Grow Wheatgrass
A self-described geek harvests the waste-heat of a computer tower to grow wheatgrass in his basement.
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New Program Lets You Exchange Digital Waste to Heat Homeless Shelters
"District Heating" is an initiative that lets users convert their digital trash into heat for homeless shelters in Sweden.
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Geothermal Heat Pump System Taps Sewage Instead of Bedrock
A new type of geothermal heat pump system being tested in Philadelphia can tap into a city's sewage lines to capture heat.
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Startup Takes Google Street View Approach to Home Energy Audits
What if the Google Street View car took thermal energy scans of all the country's buildings and then built a database of building energy efficiency information? That's the concept behind startup company Essess's approach to home energy audits.
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Most Renewable Energy Subsidies Suck (But We Don't Have Anything Better)
Government support for clean energy is crucial to getting off fossil fuels. But all too often it has unintended consequences.
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Build a Wood-Burning Rocket Stove Made Entirely From Wood
This simple design for a cook stove is made from one single log, and it actually becomes its own fuel. Here's how to make it.
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Does Storing Solar Power's Electricity as Hot Water Make Sense?
One UK company is offering "24 hour solar" by storing solar-generated electricity as hot water. But does it really make sense?
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Iowa State Spiderman Discovers Super Heat Conducting Properties of Spider Silk
When an Iowa State professor of mechanical engineering followed his hunch about spider webs, it paid off: he proved biological materials can rival metals in conducting heat.
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Rocket Mass Stove Burns Tiny Amounts of Wood, Heats for Well Over 12 Hours
If you burn a fire in the evening, his carefully designed rocket mass heater/bench heats a room (and the occupant's butt) well into the next day.
