Last name. Your email. Job title. Helena St. Lucia St. Martin St. Outlying Islands U. Replacing a Watt light with an LED light can actually pay for itself in less than 4 months. Most heaters run at around 2, watts. This means if you run a heater for an hour it will used 2 kWh and emit 1. This includes all products with heating elements, even small ones like electric blankets.
Basically anything with a heating element chews electricity and creates huge emissions. Granted we live in a warm climate so this is much easier for us. Kaz Vorpal August 15, am. This article starts out deceptively. It states the amount of CO2 supposedly emitted by a kWh of power generated by a coal plant. Next you can tell us how we need to unplug our phone chargers, without mentioning that they only consume about 2 kWh of energy on standby for a whole year, so that Al Gore emits more carbon from his private jet flights than the whole US full of phone chargers left running part of the day, combined.
Ryan McLean August 15, am. I clearly state coal burning power plant. I live in Australia where the bulk of electricity is sourced through coal burning power plants. Leroy Cabana December 2, pm. The entire co2 issue is full of questions for me. First I wonder if achieving carbon neutral for a nation like the USA is even possible.
I think about jets, trains, ships, and the like trying to use an energy source that is non carbon as likely impossible. Take our coal and oil burn rate every day, how much would we have to reduce this by to meet the goal of being a non contributor to co2 accumulation.
Is it zero? Then I look at manufacturing and products made from oil and natural gas, how would we make steel, tires, asphalt. Heck, we would not even be able to have the Iphone. We have used a network rail average, though commuter trains may have lower emissions.
From we have added Eurostar as a lower-carbon alternative to flying, though our kWh estimate is a bit flaky. One reason its emissions are low is that it is quite largely powered by French nuclear electricity. Coaches long distance bus are generally calculated to have emissions even lower than rail, but are included with trains.
If you are still uncertain about your footprint, or would like to get a more accurate estimate, including advice on how to manage your footprint, then we can also offer more comprehensive help and support on a paid-for basis, as described on our Carbon Footprinting Services page. Charity No. Improving the Use of Energy in Buildings.
Carbon Footprinting. Energy Surveys. Building Performance Evaluation. ESOS Audits. Social Housing. Energy at Home. Generate Energy. Renewable Energy. Simple Carbon Calculator Now includes data This page contains a simple carbon calculator for use by UK organisations based upon the July recommended conversion factors provided by Defra as part of its Environmental Reporting Guidelines.
Calculate your footprint This is a free simple calculator designed to enable estimated carbon footprints to be calculated by most UK organisations. First select the best description of the electricity source from the drop down below. Note that although UK emissions are in kgCO 2 e, for other countries they are only in kgCO 2 , not taking into account any associated emissions of methane or nitrous oxide and use data.
And if you want to calculate emissions from road transport using miles, use the third list to select type, size and fuel of vehicle used. There are separate factors in the main table for trains, buses and aeroplanes. For flights, there's a list by class and general distance - short haul would typically be within Europe or North America and long haul intercontinental. Note that distances are per passenger mile - some tickets quote distances in km.
Main source of electricity:. This calculator allows two types of car to be entered in the mileage box. If the electricity used for charging an EV or PHEV is included in the metered figure, then exclude the relevant mileage from the distance travelled. Average default flight Domestic Short haul, business Short haul, economy Long haul, first class Long haul, business Long haul, premium economy Long haul, economy.
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