With the cold weather here, household heating bills will be on the rise.

"I generate gas for cooking and household heating from cow dung."

For the homeowner, the cold snap and tight supplies have added hundreds of dollars to the typical household heating bill.

Most homes use natural gas for heating, and household heating bills will rise by $200 or more this winter, according to an Energy Department estimate.

Part of the energy supply comes from a solar collector area of more than 210 m2 through which water is heated and household heating is provided.

Beginning in the mid 18th century, coal for household heating was also mined within municipal limits, at first only for a few families' needs, but later very extensively.

The company also partners with the State of Connecticut to promote energy conservation and weatherization programs to help residential heating customers manage their annual household heating budgets in today's economy.

A significant amount of renewable energy is produced in Norsjö Municipality, including electrical energy from hydropower stations and wood-based heat energy for industrial and household heating applications.

A manager of a submarine plant turning out household heating systems, irons and tea kettles, said: "I have risen to the rank of a manager after 30 years in this factory.

In the Midwest, expenditures on propane are expected to increase 22 percent, to $1,396, the information agency said, and natural gas expenditures for household heating are expected to rise 15 percent compared with last year, to about $1,003.

EIA collects data on the ages of household heating and cooling equipment and two major appliances (refrigerators and freezers) that can be used as indicators of the efficiency of the stock of those items.

I got out my rain gear and continued along with the work, until the temperature dropped, at which time I stripped off the muddy rain gear, fired up the household heating system and determined to wait out the weather.

In American English and Canadian English usage, the term furnace on its own refers to the household heating systems based on a central furnace (known either as a boiler or a heater in British English), and sometimes as a synonym for kiln, a device used in the production of ceramics.