Household Carbon Footprint Calculator

New Brunswick is already experiencing the impacts of climate change and it will get worse. We must all act on climate change. You can take action by reducing your carbon footprint. Our carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas generated by our actions. Lifestyle choices such as transportation, food choices or waste impact the climate.

Be part of the solution. Find out how to reduce your emissions by using the carbon footprint calculator today.

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Your Current Emissions from Home Energy

What is the primary source used to heat your home?

how much NA do you consume per year? (Please see your utility bill. Your utility bill contains your monthly energy consumption in the same units as is used here. To determine your annual energy consumption, please add up the monthly energy consumption from your last 12 monthly utility bills.)

If you use a secondary source to heat your home, what is it?

What is your home's water heating source?

How much Electricity(kWh) do you consume per year? (Please see your utility bill. Your utility bill contains your monthly energy consumption in the same units as is used here. To determine your annual energy consumption, please add up the monthly energy consumption from your last 12 monthly utility bills.)

Reducing Emissions from Home Energy

If you still have traditional incandescent or compact fluorescent (CFL) lightbulbs, how many will you replace with energy efficient LED lightbulbs this year?

Will you adjust the energy used in your home by adjusting your thermostat(s)?

Down by 2⁰ in the winter months?

Up by 2⁰ in the summer months?

Will you reduce the energy used for laundry by?

Selecting a cold-water cycle for this many additional loads per week:

Opting to use a clothesline/drying-rack to dry this many additional loads per week:

Will you install a low-flow shower head?

Will you add insulation?

To your attic?

To your home's exterior walls?

Will you replace your current hot water heater?

Will you replace your current primary home heating system?

Will you replace your windows with ENERGY STAR rated energy efficient windows?

Will you install roof-top Solar Photovoltaics (PV)? (If you select the PV option “Yes to meet 100% of my electricity needs”, consider turning off all electricity related reduction measures that you may have selected above to avoid overstating emission reductions)

Go To Transportation

Your Current Emissions from Transportation

How many personal vehicles are in use by members of your household? (*Note that this should include car sharing vehicles used regularly as well as leased/owned vehicles.)

Link to NRCan fuel consumption database (for answering the following questions)

Considering Vehicle #1:

What type of fuel is used?

Approximately, how many kilometers do you drive per year? The average in New Brunswick is about 15,200 km per year

What % of km driven is in electric-only mode? Plug-in hybrids only; select based on your personal driving habits

What is the average fuel economy of your vehicle (L/100km)? *This is available online at here - select the "combination" (city and highway) value for fossil fuel only. The average fuel consumption of non-plug -in hybrid personal vehicles in Canada is 8.9 L / 100 km

What is the average fuel economy of your electric vehicle (Le/100km)? *This is available online at here - select the "combination" (city and highway) value for electricity only (the "B" fuel type in the NRCan tables). Le expresses the kWh of electricity as an equivalent litres of gasoline. You can convert from kWh to Le by dividing by 8.9 if needed.

Approximately, what % of your vehicle #1 electric vehicle charging is done at home?

Considering Vehicle #2:

What type of fuel is used?

Approximately, how many kilometers do you drive per year? The average in New Brunswick is about 15,200 km per year

What % of km driven is in electric-only mode? Plug-in hybrids only; select based on your personal driving habits

Approximately, what % of your vehicle #2 electric vehicle charging is done at home?

Considering Vehicle #3:

What type of fuel is used?

Approximately, how many kilometers do you drive per year? The average in New Brunswick is about 15,200 km per year

What % of km driven is in electric-only mode? Plug-in hybrids only; select based on your personal driving habits

What is the average fuel economy of your electric vehicle (Le/100km)? *This is available online at here - select the "combination" (city and highway) value for electricity only ( (the "B" fuel type in the NRCan tables). Le expresses the kWh of electricity as an equivalent litres of gasoline. You can convert from kWh to Le by dividing by 8.9 if needed.

Approximately, what % of your vehicle #3 electric vehicle charging is done at home?

Considering Vehicle #4:

What type of fuel is used?

Approximately, how many kilometers do you drive per year? The average in New Brunswick is about 15,200 km per year

What % of km driven is in electric-only mode? Plug-in hybrids only; select based on your personal driving habits

Approximately, what % of your vehicle #4 electric vehicle charging is done at home?

Air Travel

For your household, what's the total number of trips in each category in the past 12 months (excluding business-related travel)?

Total number of short distance return flights (For example Toronto, New York City)

Total number of medium distance return flights (For example Florida)

Total number of long distance return flights (For example Mexico, Vancouver, Paris)

Total number of ultra-long distance return flights (For example Australia, Africa, Asia)

Reducing Emissions from Transportation

Will you reduce the distance you drive?

By walking or cycling for shorter trips?

Estimated kilometres per week?

By taking public transit?

Estimated kilometres per week?

By car-pooling using your vehicles?

Estimated kilometres per week?

Will you replace Vehicle #1 this year?

Will you replace Vehicle #2 this year?

Will you replace Vehicle #3 this year?

Will you replace Vehicle #4 this year?

Will your household reduce its total number of flights (excluding business-related travel)?

Number of fewer short distance return flights (For example Toronto, New York City)

Number of fewer medium distance return flights (For example Florida)

Number of fewer long distance return flights (For example Mexico, Vancouver, Paris)

Number of fewer ultra long distance return flights (For example Australia, Africa, Asia)

Will you consider purchasing carbon offsets to cover all or some of your flights ? (When you purchase carbon offsets, you contribute to CO₂ emissions reductions projects in order to "offset" the emissions from your flights. To offset a family of 4 travelling to Orlando with Gold Standard certified offsets would cost under $90.00 CAD.)

Go To Waste

Your Current Emissions from Waste

Of the food you buy, how much is thrown away or composted? (for example: scraped from plates, or thrown out, or composted)

On average, how many of the following single-use products does your family use per week?

Shopping/produce bags (*Average number per week)

Plastic water and beverage bottles (*Average number per week)

Drink cups (for example: coffee cups or other take-out drink cups) (*Average number per week)

Plastic or styrofoam take-out containers (*Average number per week)

Reducing Emissions from Waste

Will you reduce the amount of food that you throw away?

Will you compost the food that you do throw away?

Will you reduce the amount of waste going to landfills by improving your recycling efforts?

Will you stop using the following single-use plastic products?

Shopping/produce bags

Plastic water and beverage bottles

Drink cups (for example: coffee cups or other take-out drink cups)

Plastic or styrofoam take-out containers

VIEW REPORT

Your Current Household Emissions
	Current Emissions (Tonnes of CO₂ Equivalent)	Percentage
Home Energy		0
Transportation		0
Waste		0
TOTAL	0	0

Your Household Emissions Reductions
	Emissions Reductions (Tonnes of CO₂ Equivalent)	Percentage of Total Emissions
Home Energy		2
Transportation		2
Waste	2	2
TOTAL	5	3

By taking action on climate change, I will reduce my carbon footprint by 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent each year.

That is the equivalent of:

0 cars being taken off the road for a year.

0 urban tree seedlings growing for 10 years.

Household Carbon Footprint Calculator

Be part of the solution. Find out how to reduce your emissions by using the carbon footprint calculator today.

Your Current Emissions from Home Energy

Reducing Emissions from Home Energy

Your Current Emissions from Transportation

Considering Vehicle #1:

Considering Vehicle #2:

Considering Vehicle #3:

Considering Vehicle #4:

Air Travel

Reducing Emissions from Transportation

Will your household reduce its total number of flights (excluding business-related travel)?

Your Current Emissions from Waste

Reducing Emissions from Waste

The impacts of your annual home energy consumption, travel and waste.

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