Source of heat. Heating delivery is recorded in a separate data field. Use of fans or blowers by themselves without heated air or water is not included in this definition of heating.
| List Options | Option Definition | Unit of Measure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiler | Use "Heating Medium" to further categorize the boiler as hot water or steam, if desired. | None | |
| Built in heater | Built-in heater is a category intended to represent wall or floor mounted units that generate and deliver heat to a local zone such as wall-mounted electric heating panels. | None | |
| District heating | A centrally located plant that is used for heating. Use "Heating Medium" to further categorize as hot water or steam, if desired. | None | |
| District steam to hot water HX | A centrally located plant that is used to generate steam that is then moved through a heat exchanger to create hot water for heating. | None | |
| Fireplace | None | ||
| Furnace | Packaged assembly of components that includes a heating source, a fan and an air filter, that relies on convection for heating delivery. Use "Thermal Medium" to specify air if desired. | None | |
| Furnace warm air | Packaged assembly of components that includes a heating source, a fan and an air filter, that relies on convection for heating delivery | None | |
| Heat pump | Generic heat pump | None | |
| Heating stove | None | ||
| Individual space heater | Individual space heater is a category intended to represent a free-standing or self-contained unit that generates and delivers heat within a local zone.These heaters are characterized by a lack of pipes or ductwork for distributing hot water, steam, or warm air through a building. These heaters are portable and would include electric radiant or quartz heaters, heating panels, gas- or kerosene-fired or electric unit heaters, and infrared radiant heaters. | None | |
| No heating | None | ||
| None | None | None | |
| Not applicable | Not applicable | None | |
| Other | Other | None | |
| Packaged terminal heat pump | A Packaged terminal heat pump, or PTHP, is a factory-packaged refrigerant-based heat pump with no air distribution system other than a built-in fan. | None | |
| Packaged unitary heat pump | Factory-packaged refrigerant-based heat pump with an air distribution system | None | |
| Single packaged vertical heat pump | Compact through-the-wall packaged system capable of providing total heating and cooling functions for a single zone or multiple rooms, designed with sufficient air-handling capacity for ducted installations. | None | |
| Solar thermal | Air or water heated using solar collectors | None | |
| Split heat pump | A system that generally consists of two separate units. One that is comprised of the compressor and the condenser elements, and the other consisting of evaporator and expansion valve, connected by refrigerant tubing and a reversing valve. The flow of the refrigerant depends on whether the system is in cooling or heating mode | None | |
| Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| Variable refrigerant flow | System using refrigerant as the cooling and heating medium, conditioned by a single outdoor condensing unit, and circulated within the building to multiple fan-coil units. The system supports variable motor speed and thus variable refrigerant flow rather than simply on/off operation. | None |
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