Carbon Footprint Calculator For SMEs

New Brunswick is already feeling the impacts of climate change, and these challenges will intensify unless we act. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reducing carbon emissions is not only crucial for environmental stewardship but also makes good business sense. By tracking and lowering emissions, SMEs can improve efficiency, tap into new market opportunities, increase supply chain sustainability, and stay ahead of global regulatory requirements, especially for exports. Reducing your carbon footprint, which is the total amount of greenhouse gas generated by actions, positions your business as a leader in sustainability and ensures you remain competitive in a rapidly changing market.

Be part of the solution. Understand your businesses impact and learn how to take action by using the Carbon Footprint Calculator today.

Before we get started, fill out the below information:

Does your organization operate vehicle(s)?

Does your organization have employees that commute to work?

Do your employees travel by car or plane for business purposes?

Does your organization use stationary/mobile equipment? Examples include off-road vehicles (ex. boats, aircrafts, forklifts, tractors) or other combustion equipment (ex. generators, irrigation pumps, incinerators, steam generators etc.). Another section of this calculator will ask about on-road fleets, building/water heating, lighting, and building plug loads. This only includes fuel use outside of that used for on-road fleets, and building/water heating, lighting, and building plug loads. Examples of other fuel uses include off-road vehicles (ex. boats, aircrafts, forklifts, tractors) or other combustion equipment (ex. generators, irrigation pumps, incinerators, steam generators etc.).

Is your organization in the food or beverage industry?

How many employees work for your organization?

What is the total area of your buildings (m2)?

What is the approximate construction date of your building(s)?

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Your Current Emissions from Building Energy

What is your total annual building electricity use? This includes electricity use from space heating, water heating, space cooling, auxiliary equipment, and lighting, where applicable. Enter in kWh.

What is your primary space heating fuel? If unknown, select electricity as default. If primary and secondary fuel sources are the same, enter data under primary space heating fuel only.

Do you have measured data for this fuel that specifically attributed to primary space heating?

How much fuel do you consume for space heating on average? If same fuel is used for space and water heating, assume 90% is for space heating and 10% is for water heating. Units for entry: Electricity in kWh, heating oil in L, biomass in kg, natural gas in m3, propane in L, coal in kg, gasoline in L, and diesel in L.

Is fuel consumption entered on a monthly or annual basis?

What is your secondary space heating fuel? If unknown or not applicable, leave blank. If primary and secondary fuel sources are the same, enter data under primary space heating fuel only.

Do you have measured data for this fuel that specifically attributed to secondary space heating?

Is fuel consumption entered on a monthly or annual basis?

What is your water heating fuel? If unknown, select electricity as default.

Do you have measured data for this fuel that specifically attributed to water heating?

How much fuel do you consume for water heating on average? If same fuel is used for space and water heating, assume 90% is for space heating and 10% is for water heating. Units for entry: Electricity in kWh, heating oil in L, biomass in kg, natural gas in m3, propane in L, coal in kg, gasoline in L, and diesel in L.

Is fuel consumption entered on a monthly or annual basis?

What is the efficiency of your space heating equipment? A typical heating system installed within the last 10-15 years is medium efficient (~80%). Older systems can be be considered low efficiency. High efficiency systems are those that have been installed recently with an efficiency rating > 90%.

What is the efficiency of your water heating equipment? A typical heating system installed within the last 10-15 years is medium efficient (~80%). Older systems can be considered low efficiency. High efficiency systems are those that have been installed recently with an efficiency rating > 90%.

How many commercial refrigerators does your business own?

How many commercial ovens does your business own?

How many commercial dishwashers does your business own?

Reducing Emissions from Buildings Energy

Will you replace your current hot water heater with:

A solar powered hot water unit?

A heat pump water heater?

An Energy Star natural gas water heater?

An Energy Star natural gas tankless water heater?

Will you replace your current space heating system with:

An air source heat pump?

A ductless mini split air pump?

An Energy Star natural gas heating system?

Will you undertake a building envelope retrofit?

Will you install an ENERGY STAR smart programmable thermostat?

How many lightbulbs will you replace with energy efficient LED lightbulbs this year?

Will you install roof-top solar panels?

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Your Current Emissions from Fleet

How many different on-road vehicle types are in your fleet (maximum 3)? This includes any owned and leased vehicles within the organizational boundary. Can include cars and trucks. Additional information on off-road fuel use will be collected later in the survey.

Considering Vehicle Type One:

What type of vehicle is this?

How many of these vehicle types do you own?

What type of fuel is used?

For this vehicle type, do you have fuel consumption data?

How much fuel is consumed on average per vehicle? (L or kWh) Enter fuel consumption for this vehicle type only

Is fuel consumption entered on a monthly or annual basis?

Enter annual $ spend

If known, enter the average price per litre paid for fuel in the previous 12 months. ($/L or $/kWh)

Considering Vehicle Type Two:

What type of vehicle is this?

How many of these vehicle types do you own?

What type of fuel is used?

For this vehicle type, do you have fuel consumption data?

How much fuel is consumed on average per vehicle? (L or kWh) Enter fuel consumption for this vehicle type only

Is fuel consumption entered on a monthly or annual basis?

Enter annual $ spend

If known, enter the average price per litre paid for fuel in the previous 12 months. ($/L or $/kWh)

Considering Vehicle Type Three:

What type of vehicle is this?

How many of these vehicle types do you own?

What type of fuel is used?

For this vehicle type, do you have fuel consumption data?

How much fuel is consumed on average per vehicle? (L or kWh) Enter fuel consumption for this vehicle type only

Is fuel consumption entered on a monthly or annual basis?

Enter annual $ spend

If known, enter the average price per litre paid for fuel in the previous 12 months. ($/L or $/kWh)

For all vehicle types, do you perform regular maintenance on your vehicles? Regular maintenance is defined as checking tire pressure monthly, changing oil as recommended by your vehicle manufacturer (8000-12,000 km or twice per year, minimum) and semi-annual engine tune up and replacement of spark plugs, oxygen sensors, air and fuel filters if needed.

Reducing Emissions from Fleet

For vehicle type 1, will you replace this type with:

An electric vehicle?

A higher efficiency version?

For vehicle type 2, will you replace this type with:

An electric vehicle?

A higher efficiency version?

For vehicle type 3, will you replace this type with:

An electric vehicle?

A higher efficiency version?

For all vehicle types, will you perform regular maintenance on your vehicles? Regular maintenance is defined as checking tire pressure monthly, changing oil as recommended by your vehicle manufacturer (8000-12,000 km or twice per year, minimum) and semi-annual engine tune up and replacement of spark plugs, oxygen sensors, air and fuel filters if needed.

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Your current emissions from Other Stationary/Mobile Equipments

How much of each fuel type do you use for other stationary/mobile equipment? This only includes fuel use outside of that used for on-road fleets, and building/water heating. Examples of other fuel uses include off-road vehicles (ex. boats, aircrafts, forklifts, tractors) or other combustion equipment (ex. generators, irrigation pumps, incinerators, steam generators etc.).

Consumption reported on monthly or annual basis?

Consumption reported as quantity or dollar spend?

Gasoline (L or $)?

Diesel (L or $)?

Electricity (kWh or $)?

Propane (L or $)?

Natural Gas (m3 or $)?

What is the fuel type for your commercial oven?

Reducing Emissions from Other Stationary/Mobile Equipment

Will you replace your current commercial oven(s) with an ENERGY STAR commercial oven(s)?

Will you replace your current commercial refrigerator(s) with an ENERGY STAR commercial refrigerator(s)?

Will you replace your current commercial dishwasher(s) with an ENERGY STAR commercial dishwasher(s)?

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Your current emissions from Business Travel

Considering your entire organization, how many flights in each category have members of the organization taken in the past 12 months?

Up to 1000 km (For example Toronto, Ottawa, New York City) (total # return flights)

1000-2500 km (For example Manitoba, Chicago) (total # return flights)

2500-5000 km (For example Vancouver, United Kingdom) (total # return flights)

Over 5000 km (For example Australia, Africa, Asia) (total # return flights)

Considering your entire organization, how many rental car trips in each category have members of the organization taken in the past 12 months?

Small (Less than 50km)

Medium (Less than 200km)

Large (Greater than 200km)

What is the typical size of rental vehicle driven by those in your organization?

Reducing emissions from Business Travel

Will you reduce your rental car usage by using digital meeting platforms? Enter as % of trips reduced.

Up to 1000 km (For example Toronto, Ottawa, New York City)

1000-2500 km (For example Manitoba, Chicago)

2500-5000 km (For example Vancouver, United Kingdom)

Over 5000 km (For example Australia, Africa, Asia)

Will you consider purchasing carbon off-sets to cover your remaining business travel flights?

Will you reduce your rental car usage by using digital meeting platforms? Enter as % of trips reduced.

Small

Medium

Large

For remaining rental car trips, will you replace your rental with:

A compact vehicle?

A mid-size vehicle?

An electric vehicle?

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Your Current Emissions from Employee Commuting/Remote Work

How many employees commute to work for each mode of transport? For each type selected, please estimate the average one-way distance traveled by a typical employee.

Personal vehicle (total employees)

Personal vehicle (average one-way commute distance, km)

Public transit (total employees)

Public transit (average one-way commute distance, km)

Rideshare (total employees)

Rideshare (average one-way commute distance, km)

In a typical work week, how many days do employees work remotely?

Reducing Emissions from Employee Commuting/Remote Work

How many additional days per week will your employees be permitted to work remotely?

Will you promote public transit through subsidised transit passes for their commute?

Will you construct EV charging infrastructure to incentivise employees to switch to an electric vehicle?

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Your Current Emissions from Waste

Does your organization have a waste disposal tracking system?

Enter the proportion of your organizations waste that is disposed of using the following methods: (Enter as %)

Landfilled

Recycled

Composted

You indicated that your organization is in the food and beverage industry. How much food waste does your organization produce (not including employee meals)? (tonnes) Enter zero if unknown.

How much paper does your organization use annually? (tonnes) Enter 0 if unknown

How much waste (Excl. paper and food) does your organization produce annually? (tonnes) Enter zero if unknown. Include all non-paper and food waste generated by your organization, regardless of its disposal method.

Reducing Emissions from Waste

Will you reduce the amount of food waste your organization produces? Enter as proportional reduction (%)

Where food waste cannot be avoided, what proportion (%) will you compost (total, incl. existing measures)?

Will you reduce the amount of paper waste your organization produces? Enter as proportional reduction (%)

Where paper waste cannot be avoided, what proportion (%) will you recycle (total, incl. existing measures)?

Will you reduce the amount of residual waste (Excl. paper and food) your organization produces? Enter as proportional reduction (%)

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Your Current Emissions from Procurement

Select up to five sectors that your organization spends the most money in. Enter your estimated annual spend for each selected sector. For example, a boutique apparel store might buy and then sell various items such as clothing, leather bags, and décor. This company would select textiles, leather, and wood products as sectors and enter its annual spend for each sector. You may notice overlap between some sectors. Pick the most accurate sector for which you have spent data.

Sector 1:

Sector 1: Enter annual spend

Sector 2:

Sector 2: Enter annual spend

Sector 3:

Sector 3: Enter annual spend

Sector 4:

Sector 4: Enter annual spend

Sector 5:

Sector 5: Enter annual spend

VIEW REPORT

The impacts of your annual building energy consumption, fleet, travel, procurement and waste.

Your Organization's Baseline GHG Emissions

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Tonnes of CO₂ Equivalent

Your Organization's Baseline Fuel Costs

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Your Organization's GHG Emissions Reductions

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Tonnes of CO₂ Equivalent

Your Organization's Fuel Savings

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VIEW REPORT

Building

	Em	Unit
PrimSHF	0	0
SecSHF	0	0
WHF	0	0
ElecCost
SpaceCool	0	0
Lighting	0	0
OtherElec	0	0

	Red	Unit	Savings
WH Solar	0	0	0
WH HP	0	0	0
WH NG	0	0	0
WH NG Tnkls	0	0	0
SH HP	0	0	0
SH MiniSplit	0	0	0
SH NG	0	0	0
BldngEnv	0	0	0
Thermostat	0	0	0
Energy Eff Bulb	0	0	0
Solar Panel	0	0	0

Fleet

Veh1	0	0	0
Veh2	0	0	0
Veh3	0	0	0

Veh1 - Ele	0	0	0
Veh1 - HighEff	0	0	0
Veh2 - Ele	0	0	0
Veh2 - HighEff	0	0	0
Veh3 - Ele	0	0	0
Veh3 - HighEff	0	0	0
Reg Maint	0	0	0

Other Equip

Gasoline	0	0	0
Diesel	0	0	0
Electric	0	0	0
Propane	0	0	0
NG	0	0	0

Energy Star Oven	0	0	0
Energy Star Refrig	0	0	0
Energy Star Dishwasher	0	0	0

Biz Travel

1000km	0
2500km	0
5000km	0
Over 5000km	0
RoadTravel Sm	0
RoadTravel Med	0
RoadTravel Lg	0

1000km	0
2500km	0
5000km	0
5000km	0
CarbonOffset	0
RoadTravel Sm	0
RoadTravel Med	0
RoadTravel Lg	0
Replace With Elec	0
Replace With Compact	0
Replace With Midsize	0

Emp Commuting

Personal Veh	0
Public Transit	0
Ride Share	0

Red

Waste

Landfill Food	0
Compost Food	0
Landfill Paper	0
Recycle Paper	0
Landfill Residual	0
If Paper/Residual 0	0

Compost Food	0
Recycle Paper	0
Landfill Residual	0	0

Procurement

Sect 1	0
Sect 2	0
Sect 3	0
Sect 4	0
Sect 5	0

Your Current Emissions
	Current Emissions (Tonnes of CO₂ Equivalent)	Percentage
Buildings		0
Fleet		0
Equipment		0
Business Travel		0
Employee Commuting		0
Waste		0
Procurement		0
Total	0	0

Total	$	0

Reducing Your Emissions
	Emissions Reductions (Tonnes of CO₂ Equivalent)	Percentage Reduction
Buildings		0
Fleet		0
Equipment		0
Business Travel		0
Employee Commuting		0
Waste		0

Total	0	0

Total	$	0

By implementing the selected actions, you could reduce your emissions by 0 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent each year.

That is the equivalent of:

0 cars being taken off the road for a year.

0 barrels of crude oil remaining in the ground.

0 urban tree seedlings growing for 10 years

Procurement Emission Reduction Opportunities

Developing a sustainable procurement strategy is a powerful way to lower greenhouse gas emissions across your value chain. However, an effective strategy goes beyond carbon reductions. It should strive to balance environmental, social, and economic considerations, while strengthening your organization's ability to provide value long term. The most common tool in sustainable procurement is engaging with your suppliers to ensure they are taking steps to mitigate their climate impact. Other options include purchasing products that have a certification or eco-label which demonstrates sustainable performance. Based on your organization's spend data entered in the calculator, the following sustainable procurement strategies are suggested below:

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