Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Electric Resistance Heating

[Charles Ehrlich (chas]

A final word about the ceiling mounted electrical heating:

Any consideration of the efficiency of electric resistance heating 
(I despise the term "radiant heating" applied to coils of wire)
must include the 16% to 25% transmission losses.  So, any resistance
heating device is at most 84% efficient, unless you collect the
electricity yourself with your own wind mill, PV cells or hydro.

-Chas