Concrete slabs, thin slabs and metal plates offer different ways of routing radiant heat underneath every floor in the home

Hydronic Radiant-Floor Heating has been in use for some time now. Hydronic Radiant-Floor Heating is the use of hot water passing through tubing in the floor to warm your home. Originally the tubing was made of copper, until the costs now to use copper has gotten very expensive. Now a polymer tubing referred to as PEX is used.

There are a few essential components to living with solar power. The components you need will be dependant on wheather you are grid-tied or off-grid. Grid-tied means that your solar panels are connected to your electrical box, and any power you do not use gets sold back to the power company. Off-grid refers to being completely disconnected from a power company, meaning you produce all the power yourself. Both of these methods require the use of solar panels, but being off-grid requires you to have more equipment.

Letting the Sun Heat Your Home

Passive Solar Heating is a very easy to understand concept. Basically it is using the free heat produced by the sun to heat your home. Passive solar heating is best accomplished if you are doing a new build or the house you live in faces true North or solar North (magnetic North is slightly off from true North depending upon where you live).