Home Heating Systems Improvement - Coursework Example

The increase in the need for an energy-efficient and environment-friendly heating system in the UK is the driving force for the research conducted in this report. The increase in the intensity of cold weather like the severe cold spells during the winter of the year 2006 has increased the need for an efficient heating system in both commercial and domestic environments.

Alongside, the fact that the heating systems are integral to a given building in the UK mainly due to the cold weather during the majority of the year makes it clear that the heating systems is one of the major sinks for energy consumption in the UK. The enforcement of the KYOTO Protocol and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive of the European Union has increased the need for an efficient method of heating system to optimize the energy consumption providing quality output to the customers. In this paper, a critical analysis on the areas of improving the heating systems in the homes is presented to the reader.

The aim of this report is ‘To research upon the heating systems deployed in the domestic market of the UK and identify an optimum design to increase efficiency and reduce consumption of energy

The aim of this report is accomplished through embracing the report upon the following objectives

1. To research upon the design factors of both the equipment and the building in the light of energy consumption and energy savings.
2. analyzes the design factors about the home-heating systems and investigate the factors that prove energy-efficient home.
3. To analyze passive and active heating systems in the light of domestic heating.

This is the current chapter that presents the theme of the research to the reader with the scope of the research and the key elements investigated.

This chapter provides an insight into the heating systems used in domestic heating along with the analysis of energy consumption by the equipment. The chapter also investigates the effects of the heating systems on atmospheric pollution and the depletion of non-renewable sources of energy.

Chapter 3: Comfort and Heating systems in houses

This chapter investigates the design constructs of the buildings and the heating systems that influence the efficiency of the heating systems. The investigation is focused upon the comfort requirements of the residents of a building as the end-user (i.e.) the person living in the houses is the judge for the optimum level of temperature in their place.