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One Joule is 1 Newton Metre, ie the work done or energy transfered to an object when a one Newton force acts on it over one metre. It can also be defined as the heat energy dissipated by a current of one ampere passing through a one Ohm resistor for one second
One Btu (15.0°C) is the energy required to heat 1 avoirdupois pound of liquid water from 14.5 °C to 15.5°C at a pressure of one atmosphere and equates to 1054.804 J