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Individual Emissions
In the Home
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Household Emissions Calculator

Household Emissions Calculator

Current Emissions (as reported in the first 12,994 pounds of CO2 per year
section)

My Actions

Estimated Savings Estimated Savings

Selected Action (CO2 Emissions)
(Dollars)

Reduce the number of miles I drive my first $50 annual savings 193 pounds of 1 percent of your
vehicle by 6 miles per week. CO2 per year total emissions

Perform regular maintenance on my vehicle. $23 annual savings 165 pounds of 1 percent of your
CO2 per year total emissions

Replace my first vehicle with one that gets 15 $149 annual savings 1,073 pounds 8 percent of your
more miles per gallon. of CO2 per year total emissions

Turn down my household's heating thermostat $21 annual savings 177 pounds of 1 percent of your
by 3 degrees Fahrenheit on winter nights. CO2 per year total emissions

Turn down my household's air conditioner $19 annual savings 178 pounds of 1 percent of your
thermostat by 2 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. CO2 per year total emissions

Enable the sleep feature on my computer and $10 annual savings 153 pounds of 1 percent of your
monitor. CO2 per year total emissions

Wash my clothes in cold water instead of hot. $6 annual savings 87 pounds of 1 percent of your
CO2 per year total emissions

Use a clothes line or drying rack for 50% of my $40 annual savings 584 pounds of 4 percent of your
laundry, instead of my dryer. CO2 per year total emissions

Replace 14 75-watt incandescent light bulbs $98 annual savings 1,743 pounds 13 percent of
with 20-watt ENERGY STAR lights. of CO2 per year your total
emissions

Replace old gas or oil furnace or boiler with an $266 annual savings 3,011 pounds 23 percent of
ENERGY STAR model. of CO2 per year your total
emissions

I will start recycling newspaper, glass, plastic, 447 pounds of 3 percent of your
metal and magazines. Potential cost savings from CO2 per year total emissions
recycling vary by community.

If you took all the actions you selected above, 7,811 pounds of CO2 per or 60 percent of your total emissions
you would reduce your annual emissions by year

If you took all the actions you selected above, $682 per year
your potential dollar savings would be*

Your new total annual estimated CO2 5,183 pounds of CO2 per or 5,183 pounds of CO2 per year
emissions would be year per household member (average
emissions per person in the United
States are 20,750 pounds per year)

Emissions from waste and emissions savings from recycling are expressed as carbon dioxide
equivalents.

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* Potential annual dollar savings are approximations based on generalized assumptions. Please
note that the savings shown here do not account for the up-front cost of purchasing the energy-
saving equipment or vehicles.

A spreadsheet version (Microsoft Excel, 7 MB, Microsoft Excel Viewer) of the calculator is also
available; it includes descriptions of the formulas used in each step of the calculator.

For an explanation of the assumptions and sources used by this calculator, click here. Keep in
mind that average per person emissions estimates or per capita emissions estimates are usually
derived from national estimates of greenhouse gas emissions, which include greenhouse gas
emissions from all sources in the U.S., including industrial emissions (emissions from manufacturing
of goods and services). As a result, if you compare your estimates from the personal emissions
calculator to per capita emissions in the U.S., they may differ significantly.

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