Home Heating Insulation
Discussions center on the efficiency and necessity of residential heating, air conditioning, and HVAC systems, emphasizing the importance of insulation, passive house designs, and energy savings over active climate control.
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Doesn't this also mean they increase heating needs?
hey, at least you will cut down on the heating costs!
Their problem is probably more about insulation and air infiltration. With a well insulated and mostly air-tight envelope you can get away with much less heating/cooling capacity.
Not true at all. Might want to look into how well insulated your house is ;)
without HVAC wouldn't the temperature already change drastically throughout the day due to weather?
I live in the south of France (in an apartment) and use no heating or air conditioning all year long (as well as no hot water, no fridge/freezer), no need for me, it saves money, and pretty good for the planet
In all the apartments I have lived (in the southern states), there was an AC that also works in reverse, it is called HVAC. However, in northern states, gas heating is cheaper than HVAC in the winter.
Doesn't this suffer the problem that you're then putting heat into the device, which is in your house, during the warm season when you want your house to stay cool?
Heating (and AC) are not problems solved by pouring more energy in your home but with insulation.A passive house is a reality even for cold climate, and they don't need storage for cooling/heating. Then you are left with your appliance that have to run outside of production time, but this is rather small.
Air conditioning is far more efficient than heating (by a factor of 4x)