central heating
Noun
Meaning
a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators
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By 1996, two-thirds of households owned cars, 82% had central heating, most people owned a VCR, and one in five houses had a home computer.
Energy efficiency can be improved even more in central heating systems by introducing zoned heating.
A recently published book entitled examines the unlikely relationship between Brown and Hudner, one the product of an affluent New England family, the other the son in a family of sharecroppers who lived in a shack with no electricity or central heating.
Amenities include central heating, air conditioning, laundry facilities, an in-house kitchen, and an elevator.
As I lived my whole life in tropical countries, having to dress up in layers and caring about central heating was a shock!
That commitment involved using craftsmen and labourers who had worked on the Kenmare Estate to refurbish the 18-century house, renovating the chapel, redesigning the second floor to create a series of suites and installing central heating.