British Thermal Unit To Gigajoule (Btu To Gj) Converter

The British Thermal Unit to Gigajoule (Btu to GJ) Converter is a handy tool designed to help you easily convert energy measurements from British Thermal Units (Btu) to Gigajoules (GJ). This is useful in various fields such as energy management, engineering, and environmental studies where different units are used to quantify energy.

A British Thermal Unit (Btu) is a traditional unit of energy used mainly in the United States. It represents the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. Specifically, 1 Btu is approximately equal to 1,055.06 joules.

A Gigajoule (GJ) is a metric unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI). It equals one billion (1,000,000,000) joules. GJ is commonly used to measure large quantities of energy, such as in power generation and energy consumption statistics.

To convert from Btu to GJ, you can use the following formula:
GJ = Btu × 1,055.06 / 1,000,000,000
which simplifies to approximately:
GJ = Btu × 1.05506 × 10^-6

Using this converter, you can input a value in Btu, and it will automatically calculate the equivalent energy in Gigajoules, making it easier to understand and compare energy quantities across different measurement systems.