Fill out our calculator with your current day-to-day activities and discover your carbon footprint over the past 12 months.
Causing various damages to the environment, the excess of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere causes drastic changes in the Earth's natural conditions, causing changes in the climate, acidification of forests and rivers, harming the life of animals and flora, among other serious consequences, which makes the possibilities for reducing this emission so important.
How much carbon we emit is how much we contribute to climate change.
The Carbon Footprint Calculator developed by Climate Positive Outlook is an innovative and accurate tool that helps individuals and companies understand their carbon footprint and consequently take action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
The calculator uses the International GHG Protocol to calculate CO2 emissions, based on the main Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emitted in the modules: Home, Transport and Travel, which reflect people's daily activities.
Climate Positive Outlook has invested in research into a variety of scientific sources compiling authoritative data to create an accurate and reliable calculator. The tool is easy to use and presents information in a clear and accessible format, allowing users to easily understand their carbon footprint and identify areas for improvement.
By using this Calculator, users of this portal will receive their own annual GHG emissions report and will be able to take decisions and actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, such as choosing renewable energy sources, opting for sustainable transport and adopting conscious consumption practices. The EnergiaQuenova.com platform believes that knowledge of the carbon footprint is the first step towards reducing emissions and towards a more sustainable future.
Let us explain it to you.
The carbon calculator is a tool that allows you to calculate the impact of your habits on the environment. The calculator considers the impact generated by consumption in the categories: Home (electricity, gas, water and sewage); Transport (means of transport, type of fuel, consumption and distance travelled); and Travel (air or land transport, considering car or motorcycle).
The Carbon Footprint is an expression translated from the English term Carbon Footprint, and represents the amount of carbon equivalent (CO2e, a measure created to represent all Greenhouse Effect gases, the GHGs) emitted into the environment. The carbon calculator is a methodology based on international standards that calculates how much carbon we emit through our daily consumption at home and means of transport. How much carbon we emit is how much we contribute to climate change.
Causing various damages to the environment, the excess of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere causes drastic changes in the natural conditions of the Earth, mainly causing global warming, in addition to changes in the climate, among other serious consequences, which makes the possibilities for reducing this emission so important.
Several of our day-to-day activities are responsible for the high emission of greenhouse gases. This is the case of industrial production and even our car trips between home and work, for example. Basically, the carbon footprint is the trail we leave with these activities.
Changes to care for the environment can range from a change in diet, with preferences for organic products, as well as prioritizing the use of public transport, due to the decrease in vehicle turnover with CO2 production. In addition, it is important to reduce deforestation and forest fires, as forests are natural carbon sinks.
The calculation of the carbon footprint has its conversion factors guided by the “GHG Protocol”, an international protocol that guides carbon inventories. For each calculator question there is a calculation memory that allows the conversion of the impact into CO2e. Calculations are performed based on the main GHGs (Greenhouse Gases) emitted in the considered modules (Home, Transport and Travel). The GHGs considered are: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The equivalence between these gases is translated into a unit called carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). For example: if 1 kg of CH4 damages the atmosphere as much as 2 kg of CO2, then 1 kg of CH4 is equivalent to 2 kg of CO2e.
Compensation for its impact on the environment can be made through the purchase of carbon credits on the market and through personal or collective actions that promote the reduction of emissions.
The calculator represents an annual measure. Therefore, when filling in the information, take into account that the frequency of activities is important for an effective calculation.
Your carbon footprint is equivalent to the total result that appears on the screen. The values presented in the categories: Home, Transport and Travel represent the carbon footprint you emit in each of these segments.
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