Eau Claire: Electric Heating

Electric Heating
"Electric baseboard heaters consume a lot of electricity. Each baseboard heater normally requires its own dedicated electric circuit. The easy installation of this wiring is a factor in evaluating the cost of the system. In newly constructed structures or buildings, baseboard heating usually has the lowest initial cost compared to other systems, but often has very high operating costs." Natural Resources Canada

Patterns
The highest concentration of homes that use electric heating is found in the south central section of the map below, which is the location of a series of apartment buildings.  The high density area is hyperlinked to a Google Earth image of the location of the particular block group.  The fact that the apartment buildings are a high volume of people living in a smaller area has enough number power to sway the block group’s outcome to a majority of electric heat users. 

 

         Created by Ellen Chase on 4 June, 2007.

Sources:

Natural Resources Canada: http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/infosource/pub/home/Heating_With_Electricity_Chapter2.cfm?attr=4

Google Earth