Editing 2021-2022 Heating Calculation For Burning Wood, Propane, Natural Gas Website

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In this project, you will doing some calculations on material that one can use to heat your house. When using information from the Internet, please provide citation from source materials. Also as part of your product, you will definite the following words .
 
Definitions: 
*Therm - 
*British Thermal Unit (BTU) - 
*CCF - 
*Heat oil - 
*Cord of Wood - 
*MMBtu - 
*Barrel of Crude oil -

Average energy consumption per year _______________________ 
*Assume each day is the same energy needed). 
*365 days/year 
*Source/citation for basis of yearly heat consumption

You will investigate four fuels used in heating one's home (for MA in 2021): fuel oil, propane, wood, and natural gas. Each member of the group will take of these fuel. 
 
Note: Some homes are heated with electrical energy but this source of home heating will not be investigated in this project.

Calculation 
You will provide answers including all associated calculations for: 
*Average energy consumption per year (starting from online value)
*Cost for fuel
*Dimensions for annual amount of each fuel (reported as either solid, liquid, gas).
*Calculation for annual amount of each fuel (convert about total consumption in common item / image). You will find a picture of this/these common item(s) and add it to your product. 
 

 
 
Products

You will be given a manilla folder (has 4 sides) where each side is information for one of the home heating fuels. Also on a separate piece of paper, you will include the following:
Title: Analysis of Home Heating Fuel Sources
 
Due Date: _______________ 
 
Group Name: ________________ 
 
Period: ____________

Member names: ___________________, Heating fuel ______________________ 
 
Member names: ___________________, Heating fuel ______________________ 
 
Member names: ___________________, Heating fuel ______________________ 
 
Member names: ___________________, Heating fuel ______________________ 
 
A set of calculations to show how you determined the annual energy consumption for "your" home. (One set of calculation for the whole group). 
 
Sources for this project 
*[https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPLLPA_PRS_dpgal_w.htm EIA (US Energy Information Agency) Website for Residential Heating Oil (#2 fuel) and Residential Propane] 
*[https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-home-heating-fuels-prices MA Home Heating Website (Fuel Oil, Propane, Natural gas and wood]
*[https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=45&t=8 MA Natural Gas Costs Website]

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