The Napa Valley Register has an interesting article (story) on homes constructed with rammed earth (a technique used as far back as 2,000 B.C. in Mesopotamia and ancient China) that use radiant heating to keep heating bills under $60 per month.

Lance Emerson has lived in a rammed earth home on Old Sonoma Highway in the Carneros region of Napa for nine years. “The walls are 24 inches thick,” said Emerson. “The floors have radiant heating which can be controlled in individual rooms. Because of the thickness of the walls, the inside temperature stays consistent. In the winter, the walls absorb heat during the day and release it at night. We’re a family of four and last winter we didn’t have a heating bill over $60 a month. In the summer, we open the windows at night and close them in the morning. It stays at 65 degrees.”

Another interesting example of how radiant heating can deliver comfortable year round warmth reliably and efficiently.

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