As a rough comparison — if you use an electric heater in four rooms of the house it could be more expensive than using central heating — especially if you have a smaller home. Another downside ...

The house where I live now has a boiler of sorts ... Besides a combustion chamber or electric heating element, furnaces need a blower to circulate the air. Those that burn a fuel need a heat ...

A key regulator voted to move forward with construction rules that will require most new buildings to be powered by electricity.