Products known as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils are used
primarily for space heating and electric power generation.
Residential and commercial consumption of natural gas is
primarily for space heating, water heating, and cooking; the most influential short - term factor for these sectors is weather (quantified here as heating degree - days).
Not exact matches
But impacts projected from global warming remain
primarily probabilistic (
for instance, rising odds of a torrential rain or
heat wave in some areas) and spread in time and
space, making the issue still mainly a «someday, somewhere» problem.
Anthracite: The highest rank of coal; used
primarily for residential and commercial
space heating.
As the sensible
heat load is reduced
for a building,
primarily through better windows, more insulation, and air distribution ducts inside conditioned
space, the latent load increases in proportion to the total load to the point that conventional cooling systems have difficulty keeping humidity levels within comfortable and healthy limits3.