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Personal Carbon Footprint Calculator

For consumers, students & professionals. Result, assumptions, chart, comparisons and recommendations.

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Annual household carbon footprint

14,091

kg CO₂e/year

Moderate

Notes

  • Global avg: 4,700 kg/person · Paris-aligned 2030 target: <2,000 kg/person.
  • Diet factor is per-person and multiplied by household size in the breakdown.

Breakdown chart

Visual comparison of each component (kg CO₂e).

Electricity
1920.00 kg CO₂e
Natural gas
960.00 kg CO₂e
Heating oil
0.00 kg CO₂e
Car driving
2040.00 kg CO₂e
Public transit
80.00 kg CO₂e
Flights
3900.00 kg CO₂e
Diet
5000.00 kg CO₂e
Consumer goods
2400.00 kg CO₂e
Waste to landfill
291.00 kg CO₂e
— Per person
7046.00 kg CO₂e
— Trees to offset (30-yr)
641.00 trees

Methodology & sources

Formula

CO₂e = electricity·grid + gas·2.0 + oil·2.68 + car(km·gCO₂/km) + transit·0.04 + flights + diet + goods·0.5 + waste·26

Sources

  • IPCC AR6 WGIII 2023
  • DEFRA GHG Conversion Factors 2024
  • IEA Emissions Factors 2024
  • EPA GHG Equivalencies

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