Online Carbon Dioxide Calculator

Online Carbon Dioxide Calculator:

• http://www.resurgence.org/education/carbon-calculator.html

At the moment humans are making carbon dioxide faster than plants can turn it back into oxygen. Carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere and forms a blanket over the earth, warming it up. This causes climate change, which is threatening human life with rising sea levels, storms and floods.

Low carbon lifestyles create less carbon dioxide emissions. Activities that create carbon dioxide are driving cars, heating homes, generating electricity, flying planes, making goods in factories and transporting things a long way. So in a low carbon lifestyle you live closer to work, insulate your home, holiday by train, buy British products and eat local food. It's a better life too!

How to Start

The best way to start is to calculate your current emissions, so you can see how much you save in a year - you'll be surprised how well you do! To calculate your emissions use the calculator at www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org. Don't feel guilty about your carbon emissions! We've only just found out about the dangers of carbon dioxide.

Lifestyle Changes

Here are some changes you can make, with the approximate CO2 reductions, based on an average lifestyle. A good target is to cut your emissions by 3% per year, the UK Government target.

Feel Good

There are masses of things that have low carbon emissions, including TV, radio, music, computers, sports, arts, crafts, trains, buses, carshare, mail order, email, gardening, walking, socialising and love making. People who have tried it find that a low carbon lifestyle saves money, gives you more free time and brings quality, meaning and satisfaction to life. Later in the 21st Century life will be very similar to today, except we will be fitter, happier and healthier!

Calculate your CO2 emissions

Here are some changes you can make, with the approximate CO₂ reductions, based on an average lifestyle. A good target is to cut your emissions by 3% per year, the UK Government target.

Lifestyle change	CO2 Reduction
Take the bus or train or bicycle to work	15%
Share a car to work	10%
Insulate the attic	5%
Turn down the heating by 2°C	10%
Use low energy light bulbs	3%
Sign up to a renewable electricity company	20%
Holiday by other transport than aeroplane	20%
Buy British, quality, lasting and local	15%
Repair rather than replace	10%
Thoroughly insulate your house	20%

Online Carbon Calculator

To calculate your emissions, use the online carbon calculator designed by Mukti Mitchell.

The Resurgence Carbon Dioxide Calculator

More Carbon Calculators

• Resurgence Quick Carbon Calculator
• Resurgence Heat Loss Calculator
• CFF Farmers and Growers Carbon Calculator
• OAG Holiday Carbon Calculator

The Resurgence Calculator:

• came first in an independent survey of carbon calculators on-line
• is widely recognised as the most user-friendly and accurate on-line carbon calculator
• is often the single calculator referred to in articles on carbon footprinting

You can use the full calculator below to:

• Easily and accurately calculate your carbon footprint
• See which areas of your lifestyle allow the easiest CO2 savings
• Monitor your CO2 emissions from year to year
• Enjoy the feel good factor of knowing how much CO2 you have saved

This is the accurate calculator which requires your domestic energy bills and MOT certificate. If you do not have access to these, select the quick calculator.

More information on using this carbon calculator

What we are going to do is use your domestic energy bills, car mileage, train, ship and air travel and some lifestyle questions to calculate your carbon footprint. As you enter this information into the calculator it will show the CO2 emissions for each area in kg and tonnes (1 tonne = 1,000kg). The totals for all areas are listed at the end giving your carbon footprint.

When calculating your personal carbon dioxide emissions do not include journeys or any other type of CO2 emissions related to your work. Every product and service ends up with a private user, so all work related emissions are divided amongst customers and end up in somebody's personal carbon dioxide calculation. However your CO2 emissions to get to the place of work are included. (Note 1)

Before you start, collect together all your domestic energy bills for one year, preferably the last calendar year. These include electricity, gas, oil and coal, and your latest and previous MOT certificates.

N.B. This calculator uses the abbreviated phrase ‘carbon’ for ‘carbon dioxide’ in places, but all figures in the calculator refer to carbon dioxide (not carbon). (Note 2)

For readers with a deeper interest, methodology notes referred to by numbers throughout the calculator can be found at the bottom.

To use the calculator on-screen

Simply fill in the forms with your figures. The figures will automatically update as you proceed, including the the grand total table at the end of this page.