It is already used for heating buildings and for all sorts of industrial heating.

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About a quarter of Sweden's energy consumption is used for heating.

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Micro-CHP encompasses a spectrum of energy technologies that produce heat (which can be used for space heating and hot water) and electric power simultaneously.

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In the United States, solar waters heaters generally sit atop individual homes and businesses, and the hot water is seldom used for space heating.

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And last spring, the company redesigned the oven, replacing the traditional light bulb used for baking with an electric heating element, then switching the oven's door from the side to the front.

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In certain configurations, the apparatus can be used for solar thermal energy generation and even water heating.

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When gas first began to be used a lot in the 1960s it was a substitute for home heating oil, and so it made sense to tie its price to that of oil.

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Its developers hope it could be used for sensing the wearers' environment and adapting to it by providing heating.

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The problems then allegedly began when the installer whipped out a heat gun, which was purportedly intended to be used to mold a mounting guide for the GPS unit but instead wound up melting one of the Civic's heating ducts.

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