UNIT IV CG Assignment

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Your Household Carbon Footprint Report

Household Carbon Footprint Calculator

Your Household Carbon Footprint Report

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improve your results.

Home Energy Transportation Waste

Your Household Carbon Footprint

View Your Annual Estimated CO2 Emissions (lbs) from...

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Your Current Total

75,287

New Total After Your Planned Actions

45,359

U.S. Average 45,554

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Your Planned Actions Are Equal to:

Saving

1,526 gallons of gas

OR

Planting

348 trees

OR

Recycling

9,654 tons of waste

Let friends know what you're doing to reduce

CO2 emissions

Small Actions Add Up

If 100 of your friends took

these actions, over 5 years

their households would

avoid 14,964,025 pounds of emissions,

equivalent to the

If you take all of the new actions you've selected:

Dollar Savings

CO2 Reduction

Turn down heating thermostat on winter nights by 65℉

$600 7,056 lbs.

Turn up A/C thermostat in summer by 65℉

$1,867 21,951 lbs.

Replace 20 incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR lights

$80 922 lbs.

Replace Vehicle 1 with one that gets MPG

$0 0 lbs.

Your Estimated Totals: $2,548 29,928 lbs.

By taking all of the actions you are already doing:

Dollar Savings

CO2 Reduction

Enable the power management features on your computer

$13 150 lbs.

Replace your refrigerator with ENERGY STAR models

$38 450 lbs.

Your Estimated Totals: $629 13,934 lbs.

emissions from burning

763,470 gallons of gasoline.

About Climate Change

EPA's Climate Change Site A Student's Guide to Climate Change

Home Energy Use

EPA's Climate Change Site: What You Can Do at Home ENERGY STAR Home Advisor ENERGY STAR Home Energy Yard Stick My ENERGY STAR

Transportation

EPA's Climate Change Site: What You Can Do on the Road EPA's Green Vehicle Guide Fueleconomy.gov

For More Information

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

Replace your window with ENERGY STAR models

$150 10,318 lbs.

Perform regular maintenance on your vehicles

$428 2,312 lbs.

Recycling: newspapers, plastic, magazines  

705 lbs.

Your Estimated Totals: $629 13,934 lbs.

Waste

EPA's Climate Change and Waste page EPA's Sustainable Materials Management Program

Last updated on July 14, 2016