How much is your carbon footprint for your home

Poppycat

http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html (flash version)

http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/carboncalc/html/ (HTML version doesn't take as long to load up)



Mine is 4.29

I have 22 light bulbs of which 16 are now low energy which cost me a small fortune as some are not normally cheap bulbs, candles, and gu10's

I still have a few to sort out yet, I cant replace as the halogen 5.3 and you can get low energy versions, I would have to ditch them

soappie

What an interesting site Poppy - a tad frustrating though as it took ages to load each page.

My overall Co2 rating is 12.68 :eek:

But 6.08 of that is travel (I do about 15000 miles per year - and no, I can't use public transport - it would take far to long to get to work)

House is 4.46
Appliances 2.13

January20

Mine is 2.55, probably due to the fact I have very few electrical gadgets (no tumble dryers for instance and only one small tv) and I don't fly!

Poppycat, this is a brilliant site. It takes a little bit of time to go through it all but it's really interesting and worth it in the end. Thanks!

Poppycat

Glad you guys find it useful. I will run the other things later, like appliances, and travel.

milkydrink

Mine is embarrasing.

The home is OK
The appliances a tiny bit above average.
The transport!!!!!!!!!

lindsaygalaxy

Our household emisions are 6.42.

Not sure if that s good or bad!

bigpaws23

our household emissions are 6.09 tonnes.
lindsaygalaxy, it says that the 'national average' is 10.2, so I guess we're not too bad.
our biggest result is travel, despite only travelling 6500 per year and not flying; it amazing to think half of our emissions is from that..........

For those who find the programme too slow, you can do it in a -non-flash- version too, which is much quicker - not as much fun, but quicker

bigpaws x

arkonite_babe

Poppycat wrote: »

http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html

Mine is 4.29

I have 22 light bulbs of which 16 are now low energy which cost me a small fortune as some are not normally cheap bulbs, candles, and gu10's

I still have a few to sort out yet, I cant replace as the halogen 5.3 and you can get low energy versions, I would have to ditch them

I've added it to the useful links sticky

arkonite_babe

My results:

Home 4.51
Appliances 1.61
Travel 2.15


Total result 8.28 per year

Well I'm below the national average

nickcardwell

Im actually very good!
Home 1.81
Appliances 3.14
Travel 3.65 (18,000miles a year i do)

DenBo_4

Eeek Im 12.86, and my transport was 0! :eek: Mind you, I don't have double glazing (can't afford it), no central heating (found it was broken when I moved into house) house is too old for cavity wall insulation and built in kitchen (with knackered appliances) has loads of tiny built in ceiling lights!

I suppose the main culprit for C02 emissions must be my tiny little coal fire that I huddle by all winter!