Carbon Emission Comparison between Natural Gas and Electric Resistence for Water Heating

Abstract

The use of electric showers has become a habit for most Brazilian people, being responsible for a great part in the house consumption of electric energy. This article aims to evaluate the difference between the use of electric showers or natural gas boilers in terms of energy use and greenhouse gases emissions, exposing both energy scenarios in Brazil: electric and natural gas. Therefore, it will be estimated the amount of energy necessary to heat the water average used by a person per year, for each type of shower, comparing the results and estimating the carbon emissions for both type of energies