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  2. Ondol - Wikipedia

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    Wright introduced floor heating to American houses in the US in the 1930s. [7] Instead of ondol-hydronic radiant floor heating, modern-day houses such as high-rise apartments have a modernized version of the ondol system. Many architects know the advantages and benefits of ondol, and they are using ondol in modern houses. Since the ondol has ...

  3. Officetel - Wikipedia

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    Basic furnishings are usually included with an officetel lease. It is currently illegal to have a tub or balcony in an officetel. Ondol heating systems were initially prohibited, but the Ministry of Territories and Oceans Decree 2010-351 permitted ondol floor heating up to 85 m 2. [2]

  4. Underfloor heating - Wikipedia

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    Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical heating elements embedded in a floor. Heating is achieved by conduction, radiation and convection. Use of underfloor heating dates back to the Neoglacial and Neolithic periods.

  5. Central heating - Wikipedia

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    Hydronic radiant floor heating systems use a boiler or district heating to heat water and a pump to circulate the hot water in plastic pipes installed in a concrete slab. The pipes, embedded in the floor, carry heated water that conducts warmth to the surface of the floor, where it broadcasts heat energy to the room above.

  6. New efficiency standards for home furnaces unveiled [Video] - AOL

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    (Canada has already required condensing furnaces for residential heating for over a decade.) Close-up of flames on a natural gas furnace burner in the HVAC system of a suburban home in San Ramon ...

  7. List of construction trades - Wikipedia

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    Sheet metal worker, also known as a Mechanical Worker, A person who installs Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems (HVAC), duct work, and exhaust systems for kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, furnaces, etc. They also install gas lines and gas piping to a variety of appliances in homes and different types of businesses.

  8. Hypocaust - Wikipedia

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    Hypocaust under the floor in a Roman villa in Vieux-la-Romaine, near Caen, France. A hypocaust (Latin: hypocaustum) is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air passes. This air can warm the upper floors ...

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