What is the energy efficiency of a human climbing a set of stairs?
October 14th, 2009 | by Michael |
Neil D asked:
In other words: What percentage of the energy a human consumes, as food, is used a kinetic energy, hense potential energy on reaching the top step, and what percentage is wasted as heat? Thank you!
CRAIG
In other words: What percentage of the energy a human consumes, as food, is used a kinetic energy, hense potential energy on reaching the top step, and what percentage is wasted as heat? Thank you!
CRAIG
One Response to “What is the energy efficiency of a human climbing a set of stairs?”
By dennis_d_wurm on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply
A human doing things at normal pace is about 25-30% efficient. Doing things at a faster pace leads to a lower energy efficiency.