Blog Tag - Heating

The Winter is Coming, The Heater is Growling: Things You Need To Know About Nuan Qi
It feels like the capital has jumped forward in time this past week. With drastic temperature drops and snow fall spotted on the tips of mountains in...
Baby it’s cold….in here? Understanding China’s Central Heating System Divide
As is obvious to anyone hoping to come home to a toasty room in early November, China’s heating system operates very differently from many other...
Cozy Quarantine: Beijing Extends Central Heating by a Week
[UPDATED: Mar 20, 5pm] Beijing's heating will be further extended until midnight on Mar 31 given that most people remain at home due to the...
A Warm Tip: Beijing to Test Central Heating Citywide Nov 7
A brief test of Beijing’s central heating will tease our freezing hides with a single day of warmth on Nov 7, one week before the official "Heating...
Heating Coming on Earlier!: Beijing To Turn Central Heating on on ...
And finally, good news. Well, a little bit of good news. Beijing's heating will come on on November 13, two entire days earlier than normal! Mark...
Shivering With Anticipation: Will the Government Turn on Beijing's Central Heating Tomorrow?
While all of us are sitting at our desks shivering and dreading the fact that this is going to be the coldest winter since 2012, Beijing has decided...
Major Source of Beijing Air Pollution Discovered: You
After blaming power plants and factories in Beijing and Hebei province, chuan'r salesmen, and automobiles, a new study appears to have pinpointed a...
Big Chill: Natural Gas Shortage to Cool Public Places
Delays to imports of natural gas may see public places in Beijing such as office buildings and shopping malls drop their internal temperatures to 14...
About Freaking Time: Beijing's Heating Comes on November 15
Fed up of not being able to feel your toes around the house? So are we. But despite the unusually early snowfall we witnessed last week, the city's...
CBD's Biggest Smokestack is No More as Coal-Fired Boiler Plant is Shuttered
One of downtown Beijing's most visible smokestacks is now no longer belching emissions into the CBD sky. The Guohua Power Plant, whose looming...
You're About to Stop Shivering: Indoor Heating Rolls Out for The Winter
  Winter heating testing began on Thursday in residential compounds across the city. This means we can expect to have cozier apartments within the...
Beijing’s Winter Heating Switches On Early
As the temperature plunges, Beijing residents are usually left pulling out the extra blankets and space heaters until the city-wide warm air starts...
News You Might Have Missed: Winter Heating, New Stores and Soon-to-Open Subways
Winter's just around the corner … are you counting the days until the heating goes on? Around town, new stores are opening up, new subway lines are...
Is Your House Getting Colder?
If your apartment is feeling a little colder than normal, you’re not imagining things. Today, the city turns off the heating (exact time unknown),...
Where’s the Heat?
A friend recently mused that the best time to leave Beijing isn’t in the dead of winter, but in the chilling weeks when the cold arrives and the...