Best Practice Guide

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Lighting

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Water Use

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Best Practice Guide Glossary

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KILOWATT (kW) Return to list of terms

One thousand (1,000) watts. A unit of measure of the amount of electricity needed to operate given equipment. On a hot summer afternoon a typical home, with central air conditioning and other equipment in use, might have a demand of four kW each hour.

Source: California Energy Commission