A Brief History Lesson in Home Heating

A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON IN HOME HEATING

OUR HISTORY IN HEATING

Wood

Coal

Oil

Geothermal energy

Electricity

Solar power

Natural gas

The only form of
heat is the sun

BEGINNINGS OF TIME

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First evidences
of fire

1000000 BCE

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Fire used under
human control

400000 BCE

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Fire used to heat
Neanderthal
buildings

42000 BCE

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Neolithic settlements
used open hearths for
smoke ventilation in
present day Turkey

7500 – 5700 BCE

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Braziers used in
Romania

3000 BCE

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Under floor heating
used in present day
North Korea

1000 BCE

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Greek and Romans use
under floor heating

500 BCE

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First use of fireplace
chimneys

12th Century

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Chimneys become common
and coal is introduced as fuel

16th Century

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The Franklin stove is invented
and burns fuel far more efficiently

1741

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Russia invents the radiator

1855 – 1857

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The first electric heater is
invented by Thomas Edison

1883

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The US uses its first
solar water heater

1896

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Robert C. Webber builds
the first ground source heat
pump

Late 1940s

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SolarWall is created –
inventing solar air
heating

1990

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First ultra low energy
building built in Germany

1990

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Micro-CHP systems
introduced to the market

Early 2000s

Solar Water
Heaters

Can lessen annual energy requirements by 50%
This could lower the average home’s annual CO2 emissions by 10%

Micro-CHP (combined
heat and power)

Can reduce anbual carbon emmisions by 20%
A single Micro-CHP manufacturer has already:

Produced 2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity

This is enough energy to power 454,000 homes