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Re:The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery by gregschlom on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @07:07PM (#40664174)
The H of HVAC stands for Heating. I presume almost all houses in Europe have heating?
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Re:The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery by travem on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @08:09PM (#40664548)
A lot of heating in the UK is gas (so wouldn't drive electricity consumption) and a lot of homes in the UK do not have AC (recent news reports suggest it is under 5% of the homes have it)
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Re:The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery by oersted on Thursday June 13, 2024 @10:36AM (#40670235)
Yes but is the heating in HVAC through temperature controlled air flow like for cooling?

Over here it is mostly using radiators with water heated with natural gas (same gas that was used for cooking when fire stoves were common).

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Re:The cement that could turn your house into a giant battery by dghlsakjg on Thursday June 13, 2024 @11:15AM (#40670725)
> Yes but is the heating in HVAC through temperature controlled air flow like for cooling?

In the US and Canada it is very common to have a furnace that delivers heated air in residential houses.

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