A Look at Residential Energy Consumption in 1997

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Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, U.S. Department of Energy, 1999 - 310 halaman

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Halaman 297 - ... twin cities" with a combined population of at least 50,000. In addition to the county or counties containing such a city or cities, contiguous counties are included in an SMSA if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Halaman 299 - Below 100 percent of poverty" encompasses a group of households with incomes below the poverty level as defined by the US Bureau of the Census and the Office of Management and Budget. "Below 125 percent of poverty" includes a group of households with incomes below 125 percent of the poverty level.
Halaman 40 - Northeast: New England Middle Atlantic .... North Central: East North Central. . West North Central. South: South Atlantic East South Central . West South Central. West: Mountain Pacific New England: Maine New Hampshire. . . . Vermont Massachusetts .... Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania East North Central.
Halaman 296 - Nonfamily householder is a householder living alone or with nonrelatives only. HOUSING UNIT. A house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as a separate living quarters, or if vacant, intended for occupancy as a separate living quarters. Occupied housing unit is the usual place of residence of the person or group of persons living there at the time of the census enumeration, or the unit from which the occupants...
Halaman 300 - An installation that manufactures finished petroleum products from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, other hydrocarbons, and alcohol. Renewable Energy: Energy obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible (unlike, for example, the fossil fuels, of which there is a finite supply). Renewable sources of energy include wood, waste, photovoltaic, and solar thermal energy.
Halaman 297 - ... other local offices also should be included due to special circumstances. Solicitor means the chief legal officer of the US Department of Labor or the Solicitor's designee. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) means a metropolitan area designated by the Bureau of Census which contains (1) at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more, or (2) twin cities with a combined population of at least 50,000.
Halaman 286 - British Thermal Unit (Btu): The quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit at or near 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
Halaman 283 - Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-168), amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-418), and Executive Order 12770 of July 25, 1991. The metric conversion factors presented in Table Bl can be used to calculate the metric-unit equivalents of values expressed in US customary units. For example, 500 short tons are the equivalent of 453.6 metric tons (500 short tons x 0.9071847 metric tons/short ton = 453.6 metric tons). In the metric system of weights and measures, the names...
Halaman 300 - ... public housing project if the structure in which the unit is located is owned by a local housing authority or other public agency, such as a housing and redevelopment authority or a housing development agency, and operated as public housing. These organizations may receive subsidies from the Federal or State Government but the local agency owns the property. All other housing units are classified as "private housing.
Halaman 295 - Do not enumerate domestic employees or other persons employed by the household but not sleeping in the same dwelling unit.

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