PLUG YOUR NUMBERS IN AND FIND OUT YOUR CARBON EMISSIONS

Estimate and offset your emissions through a few simple calculations. The entire process takes about Five minutes.

Fill in your numbers in the Carbon Zero Calculator to estimate and offset your emissions through a few simple calculations.

Input your annual consumption for three categories (home energy use, daily transportation, and air travel).

The calculator will estimate your carbon footprint for the year, as well as the number of trees it will take to neutralize your personal impact on climate change.

Go Zero! With your donation or virtual tree buy, the Conservation Fund will plant the appropriate number of native trees on your behalf to help fight climate change.

Sources for the Carbon Zero Calculator

ELECTRICITY
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/byfuels/2001/byfuels_2001.html

NATURAL GAS
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/byfuels/2001/byfuels_2001.html

HOME HEATING OIL
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/byfuels/2001/byfuels_2001.html

PROPANE
The factors in the U.S. GHG Inventory state that liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) have a carbon content of 17.20 Tg Carbon / QBtu – propane makes up the majority proportion of what is considered LPG. With a conversion, propane has a factor of 12.40 lbs CO₂/gallon.

WASTE
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsWasteToolsWARM.html

AUTO TRANSPORTATION
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2005/html/table_04_23.html

AIR TRAVEL
http://www.ghgprotocol.org