Heating and cooling

Heat pumps, geothermal and AC

Heat Pump Buying Guide: Review of the top 10 Heat Pumps for 2025

Choosing the best heat pump can be difficult. Heat pumps are poorly understood, they have often been over-sold, poorly installed, and placed where they can be a noise nuisance. But the best heat pumps are a really good choice for heating green homes. How do the best heat pumps work? A heat pump works very…

Heating with electricity

Heating with electricity - the Best choice for high efficiency & Zero Energy homes?

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. More and more homebuyers are starting to demand energy-efficient new homes and are pushing the building…

Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

Air-heated radiant floor slab foam forming systems

A comeback for foam radiant floor ICF forms heated with air tubes. Radiant heating systems are very common in concrete floors now because they provide a very balanced and comfortable distribution of heat. Those systems are most commonly hydronic, meaning heated liquid is pumped through tubing in the concrete which…

Heating with electricity

Electric fireplaces: are they a good option for green homes?

Can a fake flame ever replace the real thing? I’m not sure yet, but the case for ditching my wood stove is getting harder to ignore. As someone who heats his home partly with firewood, I am aware of the ecological impact, as well as the impact on air quality inside my home and for my downwind neighbours. I live in a…

Heat pumps, geothermal and AC

Which heat pumps perform best in cold climates?

Heat pumps are the most efficient way to heat a home no matter the climate, but some heat pumps perform better in low temperatures. Find out here what to look for when shopping for a heat pump. Which cold climate heat pumps are best? Heat pumps that work efficiently in very cold climate conditions are constantly…

Heating with electricity

Electric wire under floor heating systems

Under floor radiant heating is comfortable for your feet, efficient for your wallet, and great for indoor air quality. See the options for different types of electric wire radiant floor systems. Radiant underfloor heating in homes is a very efficient and comfortable method for heating a home. There are different…

Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

Hydronic heating systems, the complete guide to radiant heat

Hydronic heating systems involve heated liquid being pumped through radiators, baseboard heaters, floors or even walls. Hydronic heating is a system that uses water as the medium to distribute heat throughout a home, rather than relying on heating air. In simple terms, this means that water is used as the…

Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

All about under floor heating systems for homes

Under floor radiant heating systems are efficient and comfortable, they also lead to cleaner indoor air quality by not circulating dust and particulate like forced air systems. Underfloor heating, or infloor heating as it is also called, is a very efficient, comfortable, and healthy way to heat a home. Radiant floor…

Heating with electricity

A buyer's guide for convection heaters

Heating with electricity is a more eco-friendly option than heating with fossil fuels. As an alternative to electric furnaces its worth a look at convection heaters for efficient comfortable heating. Convection heaters are an excellent choice for homeowners seeking reliable, efficient and low-cost heating solutions…

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Heating with gas and oil

Natural gas for home heating is dying a slow death

Is natural gas a good heat source for your home? If you're looking for a green and clean heat source for you home the answer seems to be no, and it won't be cheap for long either. Is natural gas bad? Yes it very much is no matter how you look at it. Burning any fossil fuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere…

Heat pumps, geothermal and AC

Are heat pumps worth it? Is It the right time to buy a heat pump?

The electrification of homes and a move away from natural gas and fossil fuel heating systems is fast gathering momentum but are heat pumps any good, and is this a good time to buy one? We take a deeper look into heat pumps. As a seasoned construction professional with lots of HVAC experience, people often ask me…