What is therm (US)?

A US therm is a unit of energy equal to 100,000 BTU. It is used by gas utility companies in the United States as the standard billing unit for natural gas consumption.

What is joule?

The joule is the SI base unit of energy. It is the standard unit for work, heat, and electrical energy in physics, engineering, and scientific measurement worldwide.

Worked examples

1 therm (US) = 105,506,000 joule

1 joule = 1 joule

More Energy conversions

• Convert therm (US) to joule
• Convert therm (US) to kilojoule
• Convert therm (US) to kilowatt hour
• Convert therm (US) to calorie (thermochemical)
• Convert therm (US) to kilocalorie (dietary)
• Convert therm (US) to watt hour
• Convert therm (US) to megajoule
• Convert therm (US) to electronvolt
• Convert therm (US) to British thermal unit

Assumption: calorie means thermochemical calorie, and therm means US therm.