I joined the department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ as a PhD candidate in October 2023. Focusing on the district heating system of Bucharest, Romania, my research investigates the role of heat in the everyday life and in the organization of post-Socialist urban spaces. Here, I draw on the heterogenous agencies involved in the provisioning of hot water and heat to highlight the interplay between sociality and materiality in the functioning of central heating infrastructures.