| energy conservation |
methods of reducing energy use through insulation, increasing energy efficiency, and changes in patterns of use.
Ãâó: www.johnbarrie.com/glossary.htm
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| energy |
Elementary textbooks often say "there are many forms of energy, kinetic, potential, thermal, nuclear, etc. They can be converted from one form to another." Let's try to put more sturcture to this. There are really only two functional categories of energy. The energy associated with particles or systems can be said to be either kinetic energy or potential energy.
Ãâó: www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/glossary.htm
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| energy density |
The calories contained in 100 grams of a particular food defines that food's energy density.
Ãâó: www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/report/HT...
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| energy |
The capacity for doing work. Forms of energy include thermal, mechanical, electrical, and chemical. Energy may be transformed from one form into another.
Ãâó: www.eere.energy.gov/financing/glossary.html
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| energy |
The result of consuming power over a period of time. In electricity, measured in watthours: 1000 watthours = 1 kilowatt hour, or the equivalent of a 100 watt bulb running for 10 hours. Most electricity rates/prices for residential service are quoted in kilowatt-hours. In gas, measured in volumes of gas (cubic feet) or a proxy for volumes (therms, qv).
Ãâó: www.liheap.ncat.org/iutil2.htm
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