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Calculate and reduce your car's carbon footprint

We don't have a magic wand, but we do have the next best thing.

When it comes to CO 2 emissions, the best thing to do is to 'Avoid, Reduce, and Mitigate'. To find out how to reduce your footprint with a few tips, go to the bottom of this page! To mitigate your residual emissions, discover our carbon credits certified by Bureau Veritas:

NB: The values given here are estimates based on averages for informational purposes and not a precise measure of your actual emissions, which can depend on other factors. 1 carbon credit corresponds to the avoidance or capture of 1 tonne of CO 2 equivalent.

How we calculate the carbon footprint of a car journey

First we calculate the distance between your destination and where you started to give us the amount of petrol you need for the journey.

If this is a frequent journey, like a commute, you can add that into the calculator to give you your footprint over a certain time, rather than just one day.

Next we factor in the engine type, petrol type and the size of the car, to get the correct fuel usage estimate.

Finally we suggest the number of trees you could plant over a particular of time to greatly reduce your carbon impact.

Tips for reducing your car-related emissions

There are lots of ways to travel that don't involve a car! And when you do need to get behind the wheel, a few small changes can make a big difference.

By carpooling with others you drive less, create fewer emissions and save money.

Use public transport, bike or walk whenever you can.

Driving a hybrid vehicle will help you cut emissions and use less fuel.

Your vehicle’s air conditioning makes its engine work harder and increases emissions.

Stopped for more than 10 seconds? Turn off your vehicle’s engine as it wastes fuel.

Your roof rack, box or bike carrier increases your vehicle’s emissions, so only use them when you have to.

Avoid speeding, unnecessary acceleration, and hard braking to save fuel and money. You’ll make your driving style safer too.

Do you really need to drive? Combine short trips into one journey and look for other ways to travel.

Simple way to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions? Premium fuels contain active cleaning agents that remove dirt from your engine.

Remove harmful deposits and lower emissions by adding a cleaning agent into your vehicle’s fuel system.

Do you need to be in the office? One way to reduce the commute is to work from home when you can.

Replace driving with cycling wherever you can. Check to see if your town or city has a bike-share programme.

How to earn a clean conscience

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Use our carbon footprint calculator to calculate your travel emissions and purchase carbon offsets.

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We stretch the impact of your carbon offset purchase by distributing each dollar across our  Climate Impact Portfolio.  This includes a mix of forestry, energy, blue/teal carbon, and innovative tech projects. We carefully select every carbon offset project we include in our portfolio, ensuring they comply not only with the most rigorous standards for carbon offsetting but pass our own due diligence test. In addition to fighting climate change, we seek out projects that deliver social and environmental benefits beyond CO2 reductions and contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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These projects protect and restore forest ecosystems which play a vital role in carbon sequestration. 

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These projects promote clean and efficient energy use to decrease carbon emissions from fossil fuels. 

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These projects conserve coastal and freshwater ecosystems that store massive amounts of carbon. 

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These projects offer novel solutions to the climate crisis, like using soil to remove CO2 from the air.

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We help companies calculate, reduce, and offset their carbon footprint.

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Show you care for the environment and communities across the world by carbon offsetting..

You can support Carbon Offsetting Projects that both tackle climate change and support impoverished communities across the world. Just click the ‘Offset’ button after you have finished your calculation. It takes only a few easy clicks and costs only a few Pounds/Dollars/Euros per tonne CO 2 .  You also get a personalised Certificate recognising your offsetting - makes an ideal gift too!

Creating a free user account is quick and simple, and allows you to:

• Save your data so you can revisit and update your calculation when you like
• Enter more cars and flights
• Enter information about other items you may own
• Save and compare multiple sets of results allowing you to track your progress from one year to the next

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Good news: traveling is back! The bad news: our travel leaves a trail of greenhouse gas footprints. Fortunately, you can lighten your travel impacts in three simple steps: reduce, calculate, offset .

Reduce what you can

• Avoid travel through video conferencing.
• Choose trains over planes.
• Choose a carrier that uses fuel-efficient planes or vehicles.
• Use ride-sharing
• Stay in LEED-certified hotels.
• Use vendors that monitor and mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions.

Calculate what you can't reduce

• In the following boxes, enter the estimated number or your flights, car miles, rail trips and hotel stays per year .
• The subtotal emissions for each category, along with TOTAL Tco2/e * , will be automatically calculated.

Ready to do your calculations? Use these handy tools:

Offset Your calculated total footprint

You can reduce your own climate impact by supporting one of many emissions reduction programs. While EDF cannot endorse or recommend any particular calculator, reduction project or provider, here are three you could explore:

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* Explanation of Carbon Footprint Terms: The carbon dioxide equivalence (tCO2e) with a 100-year time horizon (CO2e-100) is used for emissions estimates when non-CO2 pollutants are included in addition to CO2. For shorthand purposes we use the abbreviation CO2e. Non-CO2 emissions for air travel are mostly nitrogen oxide emissions from aircraft flying over 9,000 meters. The emissions factors employed for air travel are provided by our source using an average Radiative Forcing Index of approximately 2.7. Non-CO2 emissions for hotel stays include N2O and CH4. We note that the inclusion of non-CO2 emissions undervalues their potency in the near-term, and that alternatively using a GWP-20/CO2e-20 would undervalue CO2’s potency in the long-term. Given that the majority of emissions reported here are CO2, a 100-year time horizon is reasonable for this assessment.

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Carbon Footprint Calculator

Calculate your carbon footprint to see how your car choice affects carbon emissions.

Enter the year, make and model of a vehicle to calculate its carbon footprint:

Understanding your carbon footprint

Informed decision-making

Frequently asked questions.

Car emissions are the greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants that primarily come out of your gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicle's exhaust pipe. These emissions are created during the engine's combustion process. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that cars emit carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, and they can also release hydrofluorocarbon emissions from air-conditioning systems that leak refrigerants.

Hybrid vehicles make use of an internal-combustion engine fed by gasoline (or, less commonly, diesel) that produces tailpipe emissions when in operation.

Greenhouse gases are also emitted during the production and distribution of gasoline and diesel fuel as well as the actual vehicle assembly process.

Some automakers, oil companies, and electricity providers buy carbon offsets via the voluntary carbon market.

Increasing walking, cycling, carpooling, and use of shared transportation can also reduce your car's carbon footprint. The EPA reported in 2020 that more than one quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. was from transportation in general, and of that approximately 57% was produced by light-duty vehicles such as cars, SUVs, and trucks.

Adhering to posted speed limits can also reduce vehicle carbon emissions.

Additionally, an individual can buy carbon offsets to mitigate their own greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon offsets may include land restoration via tree planting or investment in renewable energy.

Internal combustion engines produce various greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). These represent the bulk of the carbon footprint produced by a vehicle when it's being driven.

Smog is another pollutant that negatively impacts environmental health. Vehicles can release nitrogen oxide, non-methane organic gases, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and formaldehyde, which produce smog.

That depends on the car. The EPA notes that a typical passenger vehicle can emit about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Broadly speaking, bigger, heavier, and more powerful cars use more energy than smaller, lighter, and less powerful vehicles.

Average CO2 emissions per mile driven have declined by 24% in the U.S. since 2004, even as consumers shifted from lighter sedans and wagons to heavier SUVs. Automakers have deployed a number of technologies such as turbochargers, transmissions with more gear ratios, and hybrid gasoline-electric powertrains to help reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption.

How to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

A gallon of gasoline contains 8,887 grams of carbon dioxide, or g/CO2. Whether you're driving a Ford F-150 or a Toyota Corolla , one gallon burned results in the same g/CO2 output (for diesel, that number jumps to 10,180 g/CO2). The difference between any two vehicles with the same fuel type (such as gasoline) then comes down largely to miles per gallon. In this case, an F-150 that gets 21 mpg would emit 423 grams of CO2 per mile, whereas a Corolla getting 34 mpg would emit 261 grams per mile. In other words, 8,887 g/CO2 divided by 21 is 423 grams and 34 mpg is 261.

It's important to note that these are calculated emissions based on EPA estimates, not measured emissions, because the EPA doesn't test every single vehicle. The calculated emissions may vary slightly from the actual emissions tests performed by the EPA, but are typically within a margin of error of less than 5%. All mpg rates are based on published EPA numbers , which are comprised of 55% city and 45% highway mpg .

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What is your carbon footprint?

Take a few minutes to find out with epa's household carbon footprint calculator..

• Many of our daily activities - such as using electricity, driving a car, or disposing of waste - cause greenhouse gas emissions. Together these emissions make up a household's carbon footprint.
• The calculator estimates your footprint in three areas: home energy, transportation and waste. Everyone's carbon footprint is different depending on their location, habits, and personal choices.
• For an explanation of the calculator's assumptions and sources, see the Assumptions and References page .
• You can get a quick, rough estimate of your carbon footprint by using U.S. average values. They are provided (along with other useful information) in the "tool tips" throughout the calculator.
• For a more accurate estimate, use your own numbers. Gather your utility bills (electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, propane) to calculate your average use over a year. You can find your car's rated fuel efficiency at fueleconomy.gov , or you can calculate your car's actual efficiency.
• To work offline or see the formulas behind the calculator, you can download it as a spreadsheet. Calculator in Excel

Household Carbon Footprint Calculator

Home Energy

Transportation.

• Natural Gas   Dollars Thousand Cubic Feet Therms 0 lbs.
• Electricity Dollars kWh % electricity that is Green:   0 lbs.
• Fuel Oil Dollars Gallons 0 lbs.
• Propane Dollars Gallons 0 lbs.

Estimated pounds of CO 2 /year

Congratulations! You have completed all the calculator sections.

Your household carbon footprint, your planned actions are equal to:.

Your planned emissions reductions are equal to:

Let friends know what you're doing to reduce CO 2 emissions

Small Actions Add Up

If 100 of your friends took these actions, over 5 years their households would avoid [#] pounds of emissions, equivalent to the emissions from burning [#] gallons of gasoline.

For More Information

Visit these websites to learn more about climate change and how you can reduce your carbon footprint.

• EPA's Climate Change Site
• A Student's Guide to Climate Change
• EPA's Climate Change Site: What You Can Do at Home
• ENERGY STAR Home Advisor
• ENERGY STAR Home Energy Yard Stick
• My ENERGY STAR
• EPA's Climate Change Site: What You Can Do on the Road
• EPA's Green Vehicle Guide
• Fueleconomy.gov
• EPA's Climate Change and Waste page
• EPA's Sustainable Materials Management Program

If you enter your monthly consumption in thousands of cubic feet, you'll get a more accurate estimate. If you enter dollars, our calculations assume that you pay $10.68/thousand cubic feet.

$23/month is about average in the United States for a household of one person.

3,071 pounds of CO 2 is about average for a household of one person over a year.

If you enter your average kilowatt-hours, you'll get a more accurate estimate. If you enter dollars, our calculations assume that you pay 11.9 cents/kWh.

$44/month is about average in the United States for a household of one person.

5,384 pounds of CO 2 is about average for a household of one person over a year.

If you enter your average monthly fuel oil use in gallons, you'll get a more accurate estimate. If you enter dollars, our calculations assume that you pay $4.02/gallon.

$72/month is about average in the United States for a household of one person.

4,848 pounds of CO 2 is about average for a household of one person over a year.

If you enter your monthly propane use in gallons, you'll get a more accurate estimate. If you enter dollars, our calculations assume that you pay $2.47/gallon.

$37/month is about average in the United States for a household of one person.

2,243 pounds of CO 2 is about average for a household of one person over a year.

Green power is a type of renewable energy that comes from resources and technologies that provide the most environmental benefit. Learn more about Green Power and Green Power products in your state .

On average, green power costs roughly 2 cents per kWh more than conventional power.

• 100 lb of CO 2 = emissions from burning 5 gallons of gasoline
• 500 lb of CO 2 = emissions from burning 244 pounds of coal
• 1,000 lb of CO 2 = emissions from burning 1.1 barrels of oil

A programmable thermostat can automate turning up the A/C for you. To learn more, visit the Department of Energy's Programmable Thermostats page.

You can only calculate savings for your A/C thermostat if you have input your current electricity usage in the section above.

A programmable thermostat can automate turning down the heat for you. To learn more, visit the Department of Energy's Programmable Thermostats page.

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Check out ENERGY STAR's product listings for more information.

240 miles/week (12,480 miles/year) is about average in the United States, per vehicle.

If you don't know your car's fuel economy, you can look it up at www.fueleconomy.gov . The national average is 21.4 miles per gallon.

11,141 pounds of CO 2 emissions is about average for one vehicle over a year.

Visit fueleconomy.gov's Keeping Your Car in Shape page for more information.

Look for opportunities to combine trips, telecommute, use a carpool or ride-sharing program, use public transit if available, or travel by bike or foot instead of by car.

To compare the fuel economy of different vehicles, visit the fueleconomy.gov site.

692 pounds of CO 2 equivalent per year is about average for a household of 1 person. Your waste-related emissions are calculated based on the number of people in your household.

Recycling is only one way to reduce your emissions from waste. View Your Report for more you can do.

To complete the calculator, please make a selection in all fields or enter a zero to indicate you will not take the action.

Recycling might not save you money (unless you can redeem your bottles), but it's easy and definitely saves resources. Fun fact: recycling just one can saves enough energy to watch TV for three hours!

Using Green Power may not save money, but it avoids harmful emissions and reduces your carbon footprint.

Your local utility or other electricity supplier may offer green power as an option. If you purchase some or all of your electricity as green power, enter the percentage here. For a definition of green power, visit https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/gpmarket/index.htm .

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The new uba carbon calculator, my carbon quick check:.

• NEW: By answering this selection of carbon-relevant lifestyle questions, you will quickly receive a rough estimate of your carbon balance. The question about household income enables us to make an initial estimate of your consumption expenditure. This consumption expenditure can be adjusted again in the "Miscellaneous Consumption" section.

Transportation & Travel:

• Update: The flight calculator is now updated with the latest data. Consumption data of the current aircraft fleet, utilisation rates and much more is used in the NEW carbon flight calculator.
• NEW: Setting sail with a cruise ? Then calculate the emissions of your cruise together with your carbon balance.

Miscellaneous Consumption:

• Update: The carbon emissions that occur indirectly in addition to housing, transportation and food have been revised.
• NEW: Under pets you can calculate the indirect carbon emissions from rabbits to horses.

Public emissions:

• Revision of the data basis

published 09 October 2020

Instructions

The overview shows a summary of the data you already recorded. You are able to return to the overview at any point during the calculation. Also the order in which you work on the different categories is optional. If this is the first time you use the Carbon Calculator, we recommend beginning with the category ‘Heating’ and to do the calculation step by step.

You should start by defining the reference year for your calculation and entering the number of persons living in your household. This information is important, regardless of whether you record the emissions of a single person or a complete household.

In the different sections of the CO 2 -Compilation - Heating and Electricity, Commutes & Journeys (Private Vehicle, Public Transportation, Air Travel) Food and Miscellaneous Consumption – you will be asked about your habits consecutively. Try to estimate your consumption and habits as precisely as possible.

The bar diagram at the bottom of the form updates as you enter your information and shows your personal emissions in comparison with the German national average.

Following the compilation you can go on to improve your personal Carbon Balance. In the improvement-section you can find a lot of valuable tips about climate protection and greenhouse gas abatement. Moreover you can simulate the impact of climate-friendly measures on your balance and set your desired ‘climateweight’.

If you experience technical difficulties please inspect the security settings of your browser first. The Carbon Calculator uses cookies for transferring each individual steps of the calculation. To ensure correct functionality your browser needs to accept cookies.

General information

emission factors, reference values and the general conditions are changing over time. The factors and reference values refer to the newest scientific knowledge, which KlimAktiv determines in cooperation with the ifeu Institute and the Öko-Institut and integrates into the Carbon Calculator. Please consider that even the newest factors refer to the scientific findings of the past years.

Carbon Balance

The methodological foundation for the calculation of the CO 2 -tonnages is provided by the study CO 2 -Bilanz des Bürgers . The study derives from research project 206 42 110 commissioned by the German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt). The publication Der UBA-CO2-Rechner für Privatpersonen: Hintergrundinformationen also provides an up-to-date overview of the calculator's methodology, content and data basis.

The direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions of an average citizen for each sector and subcategory (Heating and Electricity for Housing, Air Travel, Public Transport and Motorised Private Transport for Transportation & Travel, Food, Miscellaneous Consumption and Public Consumption) are determined on a rolling basis and scaled according to the values entered by the user. In the Carbon Balance, the average CO 2 emissions in Germany per sector refer to the activities of consumers living in Germany.

The emissions of the average citizen are based on data from the TREMOD transport model developed by IFEU, the publications of the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen), the environmental and economic accounting of the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt - extended input-output model for energy and greenhouse gases) and calculations by KlimAktiv and ifeu.

Responsibility for the contents

KlimAktiv gemeinützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Klimaschutzes mbH Contact: Stephan Schunkert E-mail: [email protected]

Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg Contact: Angelika Paar E-mail: [email protected]

Carbon Scenario

The Carbon Scenario shows the reductions in greenhouse gases that can be achieved depending on - personal behaviour and - political acceptance.

The study Klimaschutzszenario 2050 (2. Modellierungsrunde) shows three different scenarios:

• The Current Measures Scenario (Aktuelle Maßnahmen Szenario, AMS) , which takes into account all measures that have been taken until October 2013. This scenario represents the current status of the energy and climate policy framework. In this scenario, the targets of the German government's Energy Concept are clearly missed.
• The climate protection scenario 80 (Klimaschutzszenario 80, KS80) : In this scenario, the targets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energies and energy efficiency defined in the German government's energy concept should be achieved as far as possible, with the less ambitious value being used for the greenhouse gas target.
• The climate protection scenario 95 (Klimaschutzszenario 95, KS95) : In this scenario, a 95% reduction in GHG emissions compared to 1990 should be achieved by the year 2050.

These three scenarios embrace the entire range of the average Carbon Footprint in Germany in 2050. While all other sectors follow the described scenarios, for the food sector the current CO 2 emissions were initially maintained due to the lack of consistent scenario data. Reduction potentials and questions of political acceptance were derived from the study WWF Studie: Klimawandel auf dem Teller (WWF study: Climate change on the plate), among others.

Basically, it should be noted that the average Carbon Footprint of a citizen in the Carbon Balance and in the Carbon Scenario differ in terms of system boundaries:

• In the Carbon Balance, the current Carbon Footprint of an average citizen per sector refers to the activities of consumers living in Germany (consumption-oriented perspective, national concept).
• In the Carbon Scenario, the medium and long-term Carbon Footprint of an average citizen per sector is based on the territorial principle in accordance with the emissions reporting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Here, all greenhouse gas emissions emitted in Germany are broken down to the number of citizens in Germany, regardless of final demand. In contrast to the consumption-oriented perspective, neither imported consumer goods are added, nor are exported goods excluded. The use of emission data according to the territorial principle, as in the German greenhouse gas report, allows a direct reference to the German climate protection targets.

Even if, due to data availability, not all emission values have been collected according to ONE consistent methodology, the informative value of the tool remains largely unaffected. As soon as reliable scenarios for the consumption-oriented perspective are available at a later date, these can be updated.

KlimAktiv gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Klimaschutzes mbH Contact: Stephan Schunkert E-mail: [email protected]

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If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can always contact your local regulatory authority with a complaint. Your respective supervisory authority depends on your state of residence in Germany, your work or the alleged infringement. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) and their addresses can be found under: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html .

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We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

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We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for in the various legal storage periods. After the respective purpose or expiry of these periods, the corresponding data will be blocked or deleted as a matter of routine and in accordance with statutory regulations.

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When you access our website, general information is automatically collected by means cookies. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider and similar information. This is exclusively information which does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the content you have requested from websites and is mandatory when using the Internet. They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

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The user data collected in the above-mentioned manner is anonymised by means of technical precautions and not stored together with other personal user data. The data can therefore no longer be assigned to the calling user. Anonymous information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest from the forementioned purposes for data collection. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you or your company. The recipients of the data are only the responsible body and, if applicable, the contract processor.

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a web server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the Internet.

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In addition, we use other cookies on our website that enable the analysis of the surfing behaviour of users (see below "Web analysis with Matomo").

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

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The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is stored on a server in Germany.

When calling up individual pages of our website, the following data is stored:

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• the website from which the user accessed the website (referrer). This is only possible if you have not prevented it by means of a browser setting.
• which sub-pages are accessed from the accessed website
• how often the website is accessed
• the length of time spent on the website
• other data transmitted by the user's browser, e.g. country, language or browser used, type of terminal device (e.g. computer, mobile phone).

The IP address is anonymised immediately after processing and before it is stored. It is therefore not possible for us to assign the shortened IP address to the calling end device.

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We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply for your next visit.

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If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:

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KlimAktiv gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Klimaschutzes mbH (non-profit organisation for promoting climate protection) promotes awareness of your own Carbon Balance and is a partner for active climate protection for companies, NGOs, municipalities and other organisations. In addition to providing systems for recording and reducing the carbon footprint, KlimAktiv offers services for creating the Carbon Footprint of products, companies or events.

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It is not only the individual citizen of a country who is responsible for greenhouse gases; the state also causes emissions. These are distributed evenly among all the country\'s inhabitants and form the emission "baseload" of your carbon balance.

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Emissions are caused, for example, by administration, the organisation of social services, infrastructure or education and are automatically attributed to each citizen with an equal share. In addition to the official tasks of the state, emissions from water supply as well as waste water and waste disposal are also taken into account here, as these services are available to all citizens. The influence of the individual in this category is negligible.

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How is your daily commute impacting the environment?

In the global race to reduce emissions to net zero, the here commuter carbon calculator tells you exactly how you are impacting the planet with every turn of your car's key..

As countries around the world take steps to reach net zero , more people are looking to find out how they can contribute to real change.

While it's no surprise that the pandemic caused emissions to fluctuate — with some staggering drops at the height of the global lockdowns — they are already rising sharply with some experts pointing to a future generating more pollution today than it did in 2019 .

The challenge is to find a way of minimizing emissions in functional and intelligent ways that empower not just businesses, but individuals. And one such way is to address the impact of our journey to work.

“As much of the world is re-evaluating its environmental impact, each of us must start by examining the carbon footprint in our daily commute and the CO 2 emissions we are emitting into the atmosphere," says Charity Rumery, General Manager of the Americas Region, HERE. “It's important we all take steps to improve our carbon footprint."

According to the UK Department for Transport , a gas-powered car journey from London to Glasgow emits around four times more CO 2 e — carbon dioxide equivalent — per passenger than the same journey taken by bus. Cars are responsible for higher emissions than trains or buses with road travel making up around three-quarters of the total transportation emissions globally. Cars and buses contribute 45.1% of transport emissions , and road travel as a whole contributes to 15% of total CO 2 emissions. In 2019, 122 million tons of CO 2 e were produced by domestic transportation in the UK alone.

These numbers define the pressure put on the planet before the pandemic, but what about the past 18 months and the impact of the cut commute?

“Over the past year and a half, we have seen the adoption of new hybrid working models that can decrease the number of commuting days and the impact on our environment," says Rumery. “The new hybrid model impact on global CO 2 emissions has been one of the few bright spots during the pandemic."

Read more: Before and after Lockdown 2—Europe's traffic congestion mapped.

People have stayed at home, locked down and limited their journeys. This has had an impressive impact on global emissions with total daily global emissions decreasing by 17% by April 2020 compared with 2019, and a peak reduction of around 26% on average in individual countries. The International Energy Agency (IEA) described this drop as the largest annual decline since World War II and it kept nearly two billion tons of emissions out of the atmosphere—the equivalent of removing the EU's entire annual CO 2 output.

This dramatic fall in global emissions was one sliver of good news during the upheaval of the pandemic. However, this started to change as early as December 2020. When the economy started to shift up in gear and work slowly returned to a semblance of the past, so did the emissions. The IEA report found that the CO 2 emissions of December 2020 were 2% higher than those of December 2019.

While global emissions span numerous factors and causes, road transportation is one area that remains very much under individual control. It is one way for employees to play a powerful role in cutting their contributions to the emission tally as they return to full-time office work or education.

The HERE Commuter Carbon Calculator can be customized to show you exactly how your commute, car and lifestyle impact your emissions.

Designed to provide commuters with a clear view of the emission cost of their travels, the HERE Commuter Carbon Calculator includes everything from the time it would take to make the journey through to the CO 2 footprint on an annual basis. For example, if a commute was from Portland to New London, Connecticut in a small diesel car, one way would take 47 minutes with a CO 2 footprint of 9,548g with a yearly footprint of five tons of CO 2 based on 261 working days and 408 traveling hours.

“The new HERE Commuter Carbon Calculator provides eye-opening insights into the impact the daily commute can have on CO 2 emissions and the strain it can cause on the global environment," says Rumery. “It goes deeper than typical carbon calculators, gauging the estimated CO 2 emissions by vehicle type — whether it's a hybrid vehicle, SUV, sedan or motorcycle — and provides an important perspective on the environmental impact each vehicle has on a daily commute. HERE also generates valuable traffic and routing information to help minimize global congestion and the amount of time passenger and commercial vehicles spend on the road."

The HERE Commuter Carbon Calculator also offers a comparison — providing users with an accurate breakdown of the total cost of CO 2 if the same journey is undertaken by motorcycle, medium car, SUV or taxi.

This insight offers commuters the information they need to make informed travel decisions. Whether commuting for work or for school, the calculator shines a light on the invisible cost of daily travel. While many commuters can't stop using their vehicle due to limited local transportation or awkward public transit connections, there are ways of mitigating the damage.

“By looking into hybrid and low carbon-emitting vehicles and new carbon-friendly transportation options, we all can take essential steps to improve carbon emissions in our daily commute," adds Rumery. “To help minimize the impact of your commute, you can also reduce the number of days in the office to optimize in-person meetings and customer visits while leveraging a hybrid commute. Personally, I enjoy commuting by train and use that time for the added benefit of quiet time to return emails and get ahead of my day."

Those who have access to public transportation can cut their emissions and budgets by alternating coaches and trains with road vehicles. For those who don't have access to public transportation, the hybrid model of working is an incredibly powerful way of lifting their carbon burden. According to a study undertaken by Platform London , a four-day workweek can cut emissions by as much as 20%.

“I'm pleased that HERE is helping reduce the global impact by supporting hybrid working models going forward, reducing the number of commuting days and optimizing time in the office," concludes Rumery. “I am also pleased to see the steps that global government agencies are taking to promote new standards and a new way of thinking around how we affect the environment. I am hopeful we see similar stances by many large corporations to help positively impact our environment over the long term."

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Solar Panels in Colorado: Costs and Incentives in 2024

Laura Leavitt is a freelance writer exploring how personal finance intersects with everyday lifestyle decision-making, including how to live sustainably. She enjoys researching how to reduce her carbon footprint through residential solar panels, electric car use and growing more of her own food. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Real Simple, CNET, Bankrate and more.

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Installing residential solar panels in sunny Colorado tends to be less expensive than in other states, due to lower average energy consumption and smaller average solar installations. Eco-friendly policies in this state also make solar a good way to save on electricity bills long-term.

The typical cost for an average-sized solar panel system in Colorado is $28,933 before incentives, and as little as $20,253 after the federal solar tax credit . This total is based on the state's median dollar-per-watt cost of installing a solar system and average residential system size, which was a low 9.3 kWs in the second half of 2023.

The median cost per watt of installed capacity, $3.10, is one of the more expensive options in the U.S. But the average system size in Colorado is on the lower end at 9.3 kW. This may be influenced by Colorado net metering rules that specifically allow net metering for systems under 10 kW. Average monthly consumption of electricity is also relatively low in Colorado, with the average household consuming 572 kWh of energy per month, according to EnergySage [0] EnergySage . Solar & Storage Marketplace Report 2023 . Accessed Jun 13, 2024. View all sources .

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Some Colorado customers have found that their local power grid won’t support interconnecting solar panels to the utility grid without costly upgrades. For example, Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest utility company, told a homeowner he’d need to pay $7,000 for a new transformer to get his solar panels connected to the grid because his neighborhood’s system couldn’t support another solar installation, The Colorado Sun reported .

“Interconnection is really important,” says Mac Scott, communications director for Colorado Solar & Storage Association (COSSA). “Homeowners have run into being responsible for upgrades required to make renewable energy possible. Somebody could get to the end of this investment and find out that there is an unexpected cost.”

The good news is that Senate Bill 218 [0] Colorado General Assembly . Modernize Energy Distribution Systems . Accessed Jun 13, 2024. View all sources , which was recently signed into law, provides funding to help qualifying large retail utilities — including Xcel Energy — make interconnection upgrades. It also limits customer charges for these upgrades to $300 or less for systems that are 25 kWs or smaller.

Net metering in Colorado

Colorado’s net metering agreement offers one-to-one credit when you sell back solar energy to the grid for residential systems up to 10kWs. Net metering is a billing convention that gives you credit for excess power your system produces during the day, which can be applied to electricity costs during dark or cloudy times of day when your system is using more power than it's producing. One-to-one net metering means you get 1 kW of credit toward your electric bill for every 1 kW your solar panels generate. This policy, designed to encourage people to go solar, makes it easy for residents with solar to keep electricity bills as low as possible. Not all states offer net metering, much less one-to-one net metering.

In Colorado, if you produce more electricity than you use, you could end up with a negative net usage balance for electricity and credits on your account. These credits roll over indefinitely until you terminate service with your utility, at which point any remaining credits are lost.

As more solar panels are installed in Colorado, net metering agreements may change.

Tax incentives and rebates in Colorado

Colorado solar for all.

A $156 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency called Colorado Solar For All allows income-qualified candidates to apply for and receive access to solar power. The structure of the plan and application process is still in development at the time of publishing.

Local rebates and incentives

Colorado also has a variety of locally administered rebates and incentives, some of which residents can apply for through Energy Smart Colorado. The available incentives vary based on location. In the Roaring Fork Valley, for instance, residents can get rebates for 25% of a project's cost, or up to $2,500, for both residential solar panel systems and storage systems.

However, many utilities don’t participate in Energy Smart Colorado. To cover your bases, it’s worth asking your utility provider if it offers incentives or rebates. You can also search the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) , a project maintained by the North Carolina State University, to find out about benefits.

Energy storage in Colorado

Solar batteries, which allow you to store the electricity your home generates, add substantial cost to a solar panel installation. Since Colorado has one-to-one net metering, batteries might not save you much on your electric bill. But they can provide backup power in the event of an outage, which can be especially useful in remote areas with harder-to-access power utility lines.

Colorado’s average installed battery cost ranges from $16,575 to $22,425 before the federal tax credit kicks in, according to 2024 EnergySage data . This can add many years to the payback period for your solar panel system.

The state of Colorado offers a 10% tax credit toward the purchase price of energy storage systems like battery backups. It is applied the point-of-sale, so your battery storage installer will typically apply the discount when you pay.

Colorado’s utilities are provided by two investor-owned electric utilities, 29 municipal utilities, and 22 rural electric cooperatives. Where you live determines which utility serves you.

Colorado adopted the Colorado Renewable Energy Requirement Initiative in 2004. Depending on how large each utility is, it requires between 10%–30% of its energy to be renewable, with a target for large utilities to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050.

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Why Add Up Your Carbon Footprint with a Carbon Footprint Calculator?

Why should anyone figure out their carbon footprint (also known as your ecological footprint)? The reason is simple… it’s having a huge impact on the climate.

Did you know that the average person creates 2 tons of carbon footprint every single month? Use the free calculator below and find your in just 60 seconds.

Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Only in recent years have we begun to fully understand how much humans are damaging the climate and destroying the planet.

Many People Want to Know “What Is My Environmental Footprint?”

Calculating your footprint and understanding your ecological footprint are crucial steps in lowering your carbon emissions . It means taking responsibility for the ecological impact your daily life is having–the ecological footprint we’re all contributing to. It’s a nasty consequence of modern life. To paint a clearer picture, the following list is only a handful of the many carbon-emitting processes some take for granted in our daily lives:

• Transportation (Car fuel is one of the biggest contributors to our climate crisis.)
• Flights and Air Travel
• Construction
• Access to Water
• Electricity
• Natural Gas
• Food and Goods
• Medical Care
• Internet ( Did you know that sending emails and texts also creates a carbon footprint? )

Fortunately, using a carbon footprint calculator takes only a couple of minutes, and offsetting your emissions footprint is easier than ever before when you buy carbon offsets that make a true impact for the planet and animals like the one-month carbon offset . Take responsibility. Act with us now by calculating your footprint above.

What Is Earth Overshoot Day and Why Does It Matter?

Each year, we produce more carbon emissions that the world can handle. Scientists call this the “Earth Overshoot Day.” It happens every year. (Check out the definition of ecological footprint below.) It’s the day when we’ve used up all the resources the planet can renew in a year… and since 1970, we’ve exceeded it every year. In fact, right now, it takes ‘1.75 Earths’ to meet the ecological demands we currently use every year.

And, did you know… Recent evidence indicates that global warming is occurring “ten times faster” than an ice age can recover from? Shockingly, “carbon dioxide from human activity is increasing more than 250 times faster” than before!

What Exactly Is a “Carbon Footprint?” How Does Calculating My Carbon Footprint Help Heal the Planet?

Your carbon footprint measures how much carbon dioxide you produce by going about your daily life. Put in other terms, it measures the harmful greenhouse gases you’ve generated.

Like a footprint in the sand, it’s a personal, unique signature of your impact on this planet. 

But that doesn’t actually address the real problem at hand: ongoing deforestation in the planet’s most prized ecosystem: the Amazon Rainforest. There is an ecological price to pay as well for the electricity you use and the fuel your burn. Your footprint doesn’t just harm the environment. It can also harm ecosystems and endangered species in forest systems. These Amazon ecosystems are often completely destroyed to make room for palm oil farms to keep up with increasing carbon consumption demands of goods and services.

Being aware of your individual carbon emissions and the ecological debt you’re contributing to is necessary before you can work on eliminating them. The great thing is, you have full control over both your carbon footprint and your ecological footprint! Once you’ve used our powerful carbon calculator to determine your individual footprint, offsetting is the easy part!

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If you’re an average American , your output of carbon dioxide is roughly 22 US tons per year, or 20 metric tons. That’s a lot of carbon. How Much Carbon? 3 adult elephants . Let that sink in.

Compare that number to someone in Madagascar , where the average carbon footprint is 0.16 tons per year. Or, Japan where the number is approximately nine tons per year. A general rule of thumb is that wealthy nations contribute most to the problem. Yet, Madagascar who contributes so little to the problem is ranked by the 2018 Global Climate Risk Index as fourth in the world most vulnerable to climate change. The United States ranks 12th and Japan is number 1.

Whether your country is last on the list or first in terms of ecological impact, climate change is having a devastating impact on all of us. While each human being has a moral, humanitarian imperative to help mitigate the climate crisis, if you are in a country that contributes the most to the problem, you likely have the greatest opportunity—and the most to do—to help fix it.

Environmental Impact: Measure Using the Best Carbon Footprint Calculator Methodology Available

In order to understand your environmental impact, you can measure your footprint using any number of carbon calculators online, but are they really all the same? While many of them can tell you what your carbon impact is, very few also include data about your ecological footprint. You’ll need to examine some areas of your daily life, like how much you drive, what kinds of foods you eat, and how much electricity you use.

But the calculation should also account for the damage the carbon is causing to the environment. This is done by calculating the impact of habitat loss through reckless deforestation.

Understanding What Daily Activities Calculate Your Carbon Footprint (Carbon Emissions Calculator)

Naturally, some activities produce more carbon emissions than others. When calculating your footprint, you’ll need to examine a number of factors in your daily life. And all these activities can add up very fast. For example, how often do you eat out? How many long hot showers do you take each month? Everything has its own unique footprint.

When Calculating Your Carbon Footprint, Don’t Forget These Emission Generators

Here’s just a few of the carbon-heavy behaviors and activities covered in any good carbon calculator:

• Transportation habits (carbon footprint travel)—how much you travel, the number of vehicles you own and their gas mileage rates, and how often you fly and where.
• Utility usage—gas, electric and water usage ranks high among the carbon generators, especially electricity since the majority is generated by coal.
• Household information—the size of your home, the number of people who live there and where it’s located.
• Consumer habits—Shopping for clothes and all the other things that prompt us to grab our wallets have a carbon footprint.
• Waste habits—recycling and composting can reduce your impact by lowering the amount of garbage that ends up in landfills and oceans.
• Dining Out–Eating at home really saves on the Co2 you make.
• Eating Meats and Dairy Often–Eating meats and dairy products for every meal really ratchets up your footprint. According to Our World Data , food production is responsible for 26% of GHG emissions and 31% of that comes from livestock production and fisheries. This figure does not include the land use or supply chain numbers, so the impact is actually much greater. Our world data reported that “Livestock takes up nearly 80% of global agricultural land, yet produces less than 20% of the world’s supply of calories.”Choosing a vegetarian lifestyle helps reduce carbon emissions. But, you can also make a difference by omitting meat from just one meal a day.
• Poor efficiency in household appliances, heat & air–These emissions generators not only harm the planet, they drain your wallet as well!
• Other things like frequent road trips, excessively long showers, and owning a pet can also push your footprint higher.

After you enter your data, carbon calculators give you a snapshot of your lifestyle and consequently, an estimate of your carbon footprint. Incidentally, all of these generators also show you where you can make the most difference in your life to lower your carbon footprint.

How to Find the Best Greenhouse Gas Calculator, Carbon Counter and Ecological Footprint Calculator

Fortunately, there are a ton of resources you can use to determine your impact on the environment. The following are just a few.

• EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator

This detailed worksheet measures your footprint down to the number of lights you have in your house, and is updated every year.

• Food Carbon Footprint Calculator

A number of online calculators figure up the carbon emissions generated by your daily, weekly or monthly consumption of food.

• EarthDay.Org Footprint Calculator

This calculator is a great tool for determining your food footprint and the impact you’re having on the biocapacity of the planet.

• Terrapass Carbon Footprint Calculator

This calculator allows you to measure the exact footprint of your business or an event.

• Car Carbon Footprint Calculator and Carbon Text and Email Calculators

The technology that makes our lives easier costs the planet. Every time you text, email, or surf the internet and check out social media, you’re increasing your footprint. Fortunately, you can offset the carbon emissions generated by your daily commute and the time on your smartphone once you’ve calculated it..

• Nature.org Footprint Calculator

The calculator offers a general overview of your total personal footprint.

• Business Carbon Footprint Calculator

This calculator is specifically designed to measure the footprint of any business or company. It includes detailed measurements for products, goods and services, as well as facilities and travel operations. Business owners can use this footprint calculator to measure business emissions and identify activities and areas that can be improved to reduce greenhouse gas emissions right away.

What Does Your Ecological Footprint Measure? (Ecological Footprint Example and Average Ecological Footprint)

Some people confuse an ecological footprint with a carbon footprint. The truth is that although they both measure environmental impact, they measure different aspects. An ecological footprint can be measured for individuals, your city, your country or region, or the entire planet. But unlike the carbon footprint, this metric deals with measuring the planet’s resources, and how much of them are consumed by the ‘demand’ of existence.

What Does Your Ecological Footprint Measure?

The Earth has a renewable ‘supply’ of resources, or “biocapacity.” But, the ecological footprint measures an individual’s or a population’s demand for that biocapacity.

For example, the plants we use for food and materials (like clothing and other fibers), and other products like fish and cattle, and the materials used for buildings, such as wood represent the demand. It also includes the land space needed for people to live in urban areas, as well as the forests needed to sequester the carbon generated by fossil fuels.

The difference between the bio-capacity an area has and the ecological footprint the area uses is called either a ‘reserve’ or a deficit.’ Reserve is good, it means we aren’t using everything up… deficit is bad, it means we’re deleting the earth of renewable resources now, and there will not be any later.

Earth’s ‘Overshoot Day’ is the day when the total global deficit is greater than the planet’s biocapacity. Sadly, that deficit has been going on now for over 40 years, and every year, it continues. But… humans have begun working toward removing that deficit, now that the knowledge is available.

Is a Green Footprint the Same as a Global Footprint? What Is the Average Ecological  Footprint? What’s My Ecological Footprint?

Green footprint is similar to the ecological footprint, but more specific. A green footprint measures the impact of building on the environment. This applies especially to large projects that may damage delicate ecosystems.

The Global Footprint Network is a non-profit, multinational organization that develops and promotes tools for forwarding sustainability, which basically works to remove the deficit between the Earth’s ecological footprint and its biocapacity.

Although ecological footprints and biocapacities vary from region to region, according to data sources , the “world- average ecological footprint was 2 . 75 global hectares per person and the average biocapacity was 1.63 global hectares. This means there is a global deficit of 1.1 global hectares per person .”

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Now that you know what your carbon footprint is, and the things in your life that contribute to the deficit of your ecological footprint, you can start changing those routines to help the environment. One great way to eliminate the carbon you’re generating every day is to support carbon offset programs that plant and protect existing forests. Trees absorb 200 tons of carbon dioxide every second!

These sorts of ‘carbon credits’ are extremely easy to buy, and they not only sequester the carbon for specific tasks (or for your overall lifestyle), some like 8 Billion Trees work to rehabilitate wildlife and restore slashed and burned areas of the rainforest, rebuilding ecosystems for the future.

So, don’t wait… calculate your carbon footprint, then start offsetting your footprint today!

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