Calculate Your CO2 Emissions

WHAT IS MY CARBON FOOTPRINT?

Most action in our daily lives consumes energy and produces carbon dioxide emissions. Whether we are driving our cars, heating or cooling our homes, or catching a flight, we are producing emissions. Your carbon footprint is the sum of all CO2 emissions that were produced by your activities for a specific occasion or over a period of time.

TRACKING YOUR PROGRESS

By creating your green account you can keep track of they ways in which you are emitting carbon dioxide and make adjustments to become more "green" by designing your individual green movement.

Calculate Vehicle Emissions
Please select the options below to describe your vehicle. If you know or can estimate the number of miles driven please enter the amount you would like to offset.
Time Range to Offset
     
Model Year
Make
Model
Can't find your vehicle?
Transmission
Fuel Type
Miles per month
Use national average
Number of months to offset
 
How is this calculated?
HOW IS THIS CALCULATED?
(Gallons Of Gasoline Used) x (CO2 emissions rate) / (1,000) = Metric Tons Of CO2 Emitted
TOTAL EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES
Year
Make
Model
Miles
CO2
Total Emissions From Vehicles: 0 Tons
Calculate Air Travel
Enter the cities you have traveled to and wish to offset. If your return flight does not include the same connecting cities, simply enter two one-way flights.
 
One Way
 
Round Trip
Origin
Destination
Quantity
Seat Class
 
How is this calculated?
HOW IS THIS CALCULATED?
[ (Short/Medium/Long Haul Flight Coefficient) x (Economy/Premium Economy/Business/First Class Coefficient) ] x (Distance In Miles Between Origin And Destination) = Metric Tons Of CO2 Emitted
TOTAL EMISSIONS FROM AIR TRAVEL
Trip
R/T
Qty
CO2
Total Emissions From Air Travel: 0 Tons
Calculate Electric Emissions
Please select your state and the time range to offset. If you have your electric bill or know your electric usage, please enter these details below. If you do not have your electric bill and do not know your electric usage, you may select "Use national average".
Time Range to Offset
     
kWh per month
Use national average
Number of months to offset
 
How is this calculated?
HOW IS THIS CALCULATED?
(Your Electric Usage) x (CO2 Emission Rate of Typical System Power Generation in a Given State) = Metric Tons Of CO2 Emitted
***CO2 emissions vary by state depending on the method used to produce energy***
HOW IS THIS CALCULATED?
(Your Electric Usage) x (CO2 Emission Rate of UK System Power Generation) = Metric Tons Of CO2 Emitted
TOTAL EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY
State
KWh
CO2 Emissions
Total Emissions From Electricity: 0 Tons
Calculate Natural Gas / Liquid Propane Emissions
Please select the time range you wish to offset. If you have your gas bill or know your gas usage, please enter these details below. If you do not have your gas bill and do not know your gas usage, you may select "Use national average".
Select Gas Type
 

How is this calculated?
HOW IS THIS CALCULATED?
(Approximate CO2 Factor) x (Quantity of Therms Used Annually) = Metric Tons Of CO2 Emitted
TOTAL EMISSIONS FROM NATURAL GAS
Type
Usage
CO2 Emissions
Total Emissions From Natural Gas: 0 Tons
Your Carbon Footprint
Vehicles 0%
Electricity 0%
Flights 0%
Natural Gas 0%
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The average annual US carbon footprint is 20.4 metric tons*

* US Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), 2004

The average annual UK carbon footprint is 8.8 metric tons*

* UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 2006

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