Heating and cooling

Heating your home

Includes healthy temperatures, insulating, heater sizing, running costs and environmental impacts.

Types of heater

Compares heating options - heat pumps, modern wood burners, wood pellet burners, flued gas, electric heaters.

Cooling your home

Opening doors and windows, reducing heat from direct sun and insulating - plus active and passive cooling.

Thermal mass

How thermal mass works, using concrete floor slabs and masonry walls as thermal mass.