I chose to do the topic of energy is used to heat my home during the year.
According to my electric bill, my roomates and I used 977.04 kWh this month. Because we have not yet turned our heat on, I am estimating our kWh average will shortly increase. I am going to estimate 1000 kWh a month.
1kWh=3.6×106Joules
\[ \frac{1000 \text { kWh}}{1 \text{ month}} \times \frac{12 \text{ months}}{1 \text{ year}} \times \frac{3.6×10^6 \text{ Joules}}{1 \text{ kWh}} = 4.32×10^10 \text{ joules/year} \]
After finding out these results, I looked into more enviornemntal friendly ways to heat your home. Some of these inlcude “geothermal heating, pellet stoves, solar heating, and masonry heaters.” However these are not always the more economic friendly or most reliable options. To read more about this, here is the article I founf.