Around 5% of homes in Great Britain use oil central heating instead of heating their homes with gas or electricity. Oil central heating is much more common for households in Northern Ireland, many of ...

If you already have central heating and cooling systems, you may be better off re-installing an air conditioner over a new heat pump to avoid paying for removing your entire HVAC system.

Most of the air source heat pumps you hear about in the UK are air-to-water, or hydronic heat pumps, which means they heat water that is then circulated around your home to provide heating in a 'wet' ...

The GP says that central heating can trigger conditions such as asthma because it can make the air inside our homes very dry and this "can cause lung conditions like asthma to flare up".

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Scientists from the University of Glasgow hope it will serve as a greener - and cheaper - alternative to central heating. Andrew Kubski, director of development and asset management for West of ...

They addressed a common misconception about heating, advising: "It's important not to have your central heating running ... thermostats need a free flow of air to sense the temperature, so they ...

It can also reduce your heating bill by as much as 50%, says the DOE. SEER rating, or Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio, is important to pay attention to and is an air conditioning system’s ...

As we brace for the season's chill, scores of people are hunting strategies to ward off the cold in their homes without cranking up the central heating and firing up the entire abode. A handy ...

La Niña isn't the only factor contributing to mild winter conditions. A polar vortex is another, a mass of cold air tightly ...