Heating Ventilators and Air Conditioning 

America's Major Heating Systems

http://www.drenergysaver.com/insulation/how-insulation-works.html

Korea's Major Heating System

http://gaeundiary.blogspot.com/2013/03/ondol-warm-floor-warms-us.html

What's the difference?

In Korean heating systems, the system heats the floor due to the Ondol Heating System and in America our heating system heats the entire room through an insulation system. America's Insulation system has three major components, radiating, conduction, and convection. Radiation is the transfer of heat, conduction is the movement of the heat through materials, and convection is the movement of the heat around the room. These heating systems solely affect the culture because people react to the different systems differently. For example since the heat comes from the floor in Korea it is culturally acceptable that when you enter a house you remove your shoes, also they are more likely to sit on the grounds rather than at desks or dining tables because the ground is where the heat comes from. While in America, we feel the heat through radiation. Due to Insulation system, radiation causes the heat to completely fill the room, so this does not really impact where we sit to get our warmness. Americans can sit on the floor, at a desk, or even lay in the bed and still feel the heat. American's may also walk into their house and not take their shoes off, even though most people do, due to keeping their house clean.