Buildings energy data book 2011 heating your home uses more energy and costs more money than any other system in your home typically making up about 42 of your utility bill.
Most efficient electric central heating system.
Yet mains gas provides the most cost effective heating.
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The first complication is the fact electric radiators are 100 efficient when transferring electrical energy to heat.
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Due to the unique design and fan the dyson puts out very consistent heat over a wide area.
The hspf rates both the efficiency of the compressor and the electric resistance elements.
The best electric heating options for your house.
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The most common is the electric storage heater which can make use of cheaper off peak electricity to help keep the running costs down.
Gas boilers are only 90 efficient.
Although several different types of fuels are available to heat our homes nearly half of us use natural gas.
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These heaters use electricity supplied at a cheaper night time rate to heat up special heat retaining ceramic bricks.
This is significant but many other factors come into play for choosing the most economical system.
A heat pump s seasonal energy efficiency ratio seer measures how efficiently the heat pump provides air conditioning over a typical cooling season.
Again this all comes down to the radiator technology which is incredibly efficient.
Even with the industry standard 1 500 watt heating element this allows the device to more evenly heat the room than more simple designs with a simple heating coil and fan.
If gas is available in the property or nearby then you may want to consider fitting gas central heating instead.
So the most efficient heating system is electric.
But what if you don t have access to the mains gas network.
The most cost effective form of electric central heating uses night storage heaters.
These bricks then heat your home around the clock using the heat stored inside them.
Heat pumps must have a minimum 7 7 hspf.
The first and most important advantage is the running cost of electric central heating.
The most efficient heat pumps have an hspf between 9 and 10.