What kind of heating system does your home use? (Q13 WI2020)

The chart here reflects answers collected from question #13 of the Winter2020 survey, which asked: What kind of heating system does your home use? The structured responses for this question follow: 

• Forced air heat (central heat/furnace)

• Forced air with cooling compressor (minisplit)

• Space heaters 

• Radiators (boiler) 

• Electric heater (typically baseboard) 

• I don’t know

• Other, please explain:

Of the 83 respondents who answered this question, the following was gathered:

• 34 respondents cited forced air heat (central heat/furnace) as their heating system;

• 4 respondents cited forced air with cooling compressor (minisplit)  as their heating system;

• 2 respondents cited space heaters as their heating system, one of them using radiators as well and the other admitting they were unsure;

• 33 respondents cited radiators (boiler) as their heating system, one respondent admitting they weren’t sure;

• 11 respondents cited electric heaters (typically baseboard) as their heating system;

• 5 respondents admitted they didn’t know what heating system they used

• Remaining answers included 1 respondent citing natural gas as their heating system, one respondent using reverse cycle air conditioning, and 1 respondent citing vents.

The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey - Overview, which was administered to 83 people over a fourteen week period between December 2020 and March 2021. Visit the Winter 2020 Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.