Home heating can be require significant energy and is often a large component of the greenhouse gas emissions of a house.
Options for home heating include:
Wood
- Wood stove
- Wood pot-belly stove
- Open fire place
- Fireplace with steel insert
Gas (fossil fuel)
- Ducted heating with a gas furnace
- Hydronic heating with a gas furnace
Fuel oil or kerosene (fossil fuel)
- Ducted heating with a fuel oil furnace
- Hydronic heating with a fuel oil furnace
- Kerosene heaters
Electrical
- Air conditioner heat pumps
- Bar radiators
- Oil-filled radiators
- Fans with electric heating elements
Solar power
- Solar operated heat exchangers
- Greenhouse room
Other
- Geothermal heat exchangers
