About Units

Kilocalories: Kilocalories (kcal), also known as food calories, are equal to 1,000 small calories. This unit is commonly used in the context of food energy, with dietary energy intake and expenditure often measured in kilocalories.

Therms: Therms are a unit of heat energy equal to 100,000 BTUs. This unit is commonly used to measure natural gas consumption. In the energy industry, therms are used to describe the energy content of natural gas and to bill for its consumption.