British Thermal Unit (IT) per Hour (Btu/h)
BTU per hour (IT) measures thermal power — one BTU of heat energy delivered each hour, about 0.293 watts.
BTU/h sizes US air conditioners, furnaces, and water heaters alongside ton-of-refrigeration ratings.
Convert british thermal unit (it) per hour to kilowatt instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected Btu/h values converted to kW using the exact factor from this tool.
| Btu/h | kW |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0000029307 |
| 0.1 | 0.0000293071 |
| 1 | 0.0002930711 |
| 2 | 0.0005861421 |
| 3 | 0.0008792132 |
| 5 | 0.0014653554 |
| 10 | 0.0029307107 |
| 20 | 0.0058614214 |
| 50 | 0.0146535535 |
| 100 | 0.029307107 |
| 1,000 | 0.2930710702 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 Btu/h = 0.0002930711 kW
1 kW = 3412.1416328045 Btu/h
To convert british thermal unit (it) per hour to kilowatt, multiply by 0.0002930711.
To convert kilowatt to british thermal unit (it) per hour, multiply by 3412.1416328045.
Example: convert 10 Btu/h to kW
10 × 0.0002930711 = 0.0029307107 kW
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
BTU per hour (IT) measures thermal power — one BTU of heat energy delivered each hour, about 0.293 watts.
BTU/h sizes US air conditioners, furnaces, and water heaters alongside ton-of-refrigeration ratings.
A kilowatt is one thousand watts — a practical scale for motors, heaters, and grid-scale equipment.
Kilowatts describe EV charging rates, home HVAC capacity, and small generator output.
kW = Btu/h × 0.0002930711Btu/h = kW × 3,412.1416328045, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any power conversion starting from british thermal unit (it) per hour — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.