[Greenbuilding] Heating?

[Norbert Senf]

Electric radiant heaters, or radiant panels. Instant heat.

I have one in my office and one in my uninsulated 
garage. Instant-on zoned radiant heat is the only 
way to go in an uninsulated space that is not 
living space. Get real radiant heaters that beam 
the heat, which means either a glowing element 
with a reflector, or a panel with a significant 
surface area. Forget anything with a fan, oil 
filled, or that makes efficiency claims - they 
all work off electric resistance, at 100% 
conversion efficiency because the losses happen 
upstream. (Like Amory Lovins famously said, 
"heating with electricity is like cutting butter with a chainsaw").

It is a matter of minimizing convection heating, 
that will simply go up and out unless you heat 
individual small rooms with closed doors and without high ceilings.

Norbert


At 06:18 PM 10/16/2013 -0400, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn wrote:
>I have a Brooklyn client for whom we are 
>assembling a bunch of shipping containers to 
>make an art studio. Three containers on the 
>bottom level and two on the top level with a 
>central flight of stairs connecting the levels.
>It is minimally insulated, mostly because he is 
>ok with some extreme temps in the studio and 
>also he doesn't see the (R!) value in spending 
>lots of money on insulation....I've at least got him to spending some....
>
>What non-gas heating would you suggest to keep the deep winter at bay?
>There is electric. There is a firewood supplier 
>accross the way but that is neither here nor there in the big picture.
>For AC I am suggesting a couple window units 
>given his budget and plans to only stay there 5 years, max ten.
>Gennaro Brooks-Church
>Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
><http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com>www.EcoBrooklyn.com
>22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
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