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Shower power: can you heat your house by running the shower?

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Subjectspace heating, water heating, internal heat gains, shower heat energy, interior relative humidity, moisture loads, shower efficiency; Heating
Abstract
During prolonged power outages in the winter-time, such as was experienced during "Ice Storm" in 1998 in eastern Ontario and parts of Quebec, people might wonder if they could heat their gas-heated houses by running the shower. They might also wonder what the humidity build up would be if they needed to try this in an emergency. Well, the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (CCHT) now has the definitive answer.
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  • Solplan Review, no. 101: 18–19.
NoteAussi disponible en français: L'énergie de la douche ou comment chauffer votre maison en faisant couler la douche?
LanguageEnglish
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NRC numberNRCC-45359
NRC-IRC-14336
NPARC number20386431
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