No more batteries: how people heat houses with special wallpaper

Chris Belsky's home in Hull, UK has no batteries at all. But the family does not complain about the cold - the spouses were among the first in the country to install electric infrared wallpapers for themselves. What is it and how do they work? Thin…

What to do if your apartment in New York does not have heating or hot water

The first official cold snap has come to New York, so many city residents want to know when heating will appear in their homes, and what to do if it is still not there. Curbed provides advice on how to proceed in this case. According to the Department for ...

'Valuable commodity': residents' feces will be used to heat New York

Big Apple residents' excrement is being turned into methane at Brooklyn's Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant, and the gas will now be used in 5000 homes. “We found a gas well in the center of Brooklyn,” said Donald Chahbazpour, director of gas supply for the future...

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