Electrical space heating can still be economic where electricity supplies are low-cost.
Approximately 80% of the source electricity savings are associated with space heating rather than cooling.
In private households most purchased energy is used for space heating.
This is largely due to reduced electricity consumption for space heating in the South.
Air source heat pumps can provide fairly low cost space heating.
Another major energy consumer in many laboratories is space heating.
Similarly, cold winters increase the amount of energy used for space heating.
Heat from solar panels is often used for space heating and for hot water.
Most of the waste heat is captured for space heating, resulting in 85% efficiency overall.
Here is a way to reduce the demand for expensive space heating.