Trendspotting: US States Warming up to Renewable Energy Heating and Cooling, Part 2

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Trendspotting: US States Warming up to Renewable Energy Heating and Cooling, Part 2

First of all, in the U.S. heat is measured in British Thermal Units (BTUs) whereas electricity is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) or megawatt-hours (MWh). NEWP’s Niebling said that the U.S. and the U.K. are the only places in the world where heat is measured differently than electricity. ‘In the rest of the world, at least outside of the U.K., everybody measures heat in MW- and kW-hours,’ he said. ‘But the simple fact is that both heat and electricity can be measured, can be metered and are measured and metered in the same units,’ added Niebling. The conversion is a straight kWh to BTU mathematical equation whereas 1 kWh = 3412.141 BTUs. Plus, said Niebling, ‘heat meters have been around for decades and they are no different than an electricity meter.’ He said in Europe where district heating is in use, heat measurement tools are ubiquitous. ‘[In Europe] The home will hav...

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