Indoor environment

  • › District heating

    Switch to district heating

    You can reduce your carbon footprint by 5.7 tons a year if you switch from electric to district heating. This benefits both the environment and your own bank balance. Most district heating in Denmark is produced by combined heat and power plants.

  • › Natural gas

    Natural gas is more than just heating

    10 households switching from electric to natural gas heating discharge 74 tons less CO2 into the environment.

  • › Oil

    Oil-fired central heating boilers

    10 households switching from electric to oil-fired heating discharge 23 tons less CO2 into the environment.

  • › Electric heating

    Electric heating is both expensive and polluting

    Electric heating is the most environmentally unfriendly forms of heating in Denmark. One electrically heated home has the same carbon footprint as 3-4 houses heated by district heating.

  • › Heat pumps

    Heat pumps

    Heat pumps can either be used to heat the water in your radiators, or to heat the air directly. They can provide about 3 kWh of heat (low temperature) for each kWh of electricity, which is 3 times more than an electric panel radiator.

  • › Other types of heating

    Other types of heating

    Wood-burning stove, solar energy and wood pellets are an alternative to electric heating.

  • › A-rated pumps

    Replace that pump now

    7 out of 10 households have an obsolete circulator pump. Are you one of them? If so, it could be costing you a lot of money as well as contributing unnecessarily to your carbon footprint.

  • › Ventilation and cooling

    Ventilation and cooling systems

    A ventilation system improves the indoor environment in your home, but there are alternative, more energy efficient ways of improving the indoor environment.

  • › Insulation and windows

    Insulation and windows

    An ordinary, well-insulated house can be heated for 1,350 Euros a year. Read how you can check the insulation in your home, and find out what good insulation involves.

Page last updated 06.10.2008