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Welcome to the Resurgence Quick Carbon Calculator. This calculator allows you to do a quick calculation of your annual CO2 emissions, without having to refer to your energy bills. If you know your energy bills and would like a more accurate calculation, you may prefer to use the Full Resurgence Carbon Calculator which will give a more detailed and accurate result. The full calculator also provides notes on the calculations.

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Details Number of Adults in your home

Including children aged 12 or over

Number of Children in your home

Aged under 12

Year of Calculation
Your Name

Electricity

Spending on electricity

Amount
each

What is your electricity tariff?

100% Green

Completely Renewable

30% Green

eg. Ecotricity New Energy

Normal Tariff

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Gas

Spending on Piped (Mains) Gas

Amount
each

Bottled Gas use

Butane (Blue)		Propane (Red)
Bottle Weight	Bottles per year	Bottle Weight	Bottles per year
4.5kg		3.9kg
7.0kg		6.0kg
15.0kg		13.0kg
		19.5kg

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Oil

Spending on Oil

Amount
Deliveries per year

You may enter a decimal e.g. 1.5 if you have three deliveries every two year.

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Coal

Coal usage per year

There are two options for coal. If you can estimate your coal use per year go straight to the second table. If you prefer to estimate per week, use the seasonal calculator, below.

To fill in the seasonal calculator, take each season in turn. Use the column for the size of bag you buy, and enter the number of bags you buy per week for that season.

	Bags per week
	20kg	25kg	50kg
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn

Setting values in the above table will update the one below.

Unit Size	Times per year
20kg bags
25kg bags
50kg bags
1/4 tonne
1/2 tonne
1 tonne

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Wood

Firewood usage

Wood is a challenge to estimate because delivery sizes vary and weights change as the wood seasons. However I estimate that a carrying basket of wood contains 10kg and a typical fire or stove burns around 7kg in five-hours. The table below shows the year in four seasons, and then asks how many mornings, afternoons and evenings per week you light your fire(s) in each season. Most people only light one fire at a time, but if your property routinely has two or more fires running simultaneously, enter the number of fires.

Woodfire	Periods lit per week			Number of Fires
	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	Number of Fires
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Transport

Owned Car(s)

Guidelines: The average mileage in the UK is 10,000 miles per year, and commuting 20 miles to and from work every day is 10,000 miles per year. You can make a rough guess based on these.

Car One

Annual Mileage
Car Size
Car Fuel
I use biodiesel
Car is less than 14 years old?

N reg or later

I co-own this car with

other person(s)

Car Two

Annual Mileage
Car Size
Car Fuel
I use biodiesel
Car is less than 14 years old?

N reg or later

I co-own this car with

other person(s)

CO2 Emissions 0 + 0 = 0kg

Motorbike Annual Mileage
Bike Size
Bike is less than 14 years old?

N reg or later

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Other Car journeys

by Taxi or Hired/Borrowed/Pooled Car

Journey Description	Distance (mi)	Return?	Frequency Times per	Persons aboard

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Bus

Journey Description	Distance (mi)	Return?	Frequency Times per

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Coach

Journey Description	Distance (mi)	Return?	Frequency Times per

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Ferry

Journey Description	Distance (mi)	Return?	Frequency Times per

CO2 Emissions 0kg

National Rail

Journey Description	Distance (mi)	Return?	Frequency Times per

CO2 Emissions 0kg

International Rail

Journey Description	Time (hr)	Return?	Times per year

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Flights

Journey Description	Time (hr)	Return?	Times per year	Class

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Leisure

Fuel Intensive Activities

Activity Description	Litres of Fuel	Fuel Type	Times per year

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Food

Diet

I eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy products:

Very often

(meat around twice a day)

Quite often

(meat once a day, eggs/dairy often)

Not often

(meat rarely or vegetarian)

Never

(vegan)

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Sourcing

My food shopping is best described by:

I buy fresh food from the supermarket, and don't check the labels to see where it's from. I buy lots of packaged and convenience food.
I buy most shopping from the supermarket, and some from local markets.
I buy mostly seasonal organic produce, and few tinned or processed foods.
I only buy local, organic, seasonal foods, grow some fruit and veg, and eat very few packaged items.

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Industry Share

National Share

This is our share in maintaining national infrastructure and services including, roads, utilities, government, health, defence and education.

CO2 Emissions 1 tonne (1000kg) per person

Spending Habits

Base Tonnes

Enter 1 tonne per £10,000 of household income

My spending on products and services can be described as:

Very carbon conscious: I buy hand-made, second-hand, locally-produced, low-energy, unmechanised products, and repair rather than replace items.
Carbon conscious: I take an interest and chose low carbon options where possible.
Average: I am aware of carbon issues but not always sure which choices are best.
Not very carbon conscious: Carbon issues have no affect on my purchase habits.

CO2 Emissions 0kg

Summary

Total

	CO2 (kg)	%
Home
Transport
Food
Leisure
Industry Share
Grand Total

Details

Home

	CO2 (kg)	%
Electricity
Gas
Oil
Coal
Wood
Home Total
Personal Share

Transport

	CO2 (kg)	%
Car One
Car Two
Motorbike
Other Car Journeys
Bus
Coach
Ferry
Nat. Rail
Int. Rail
Flights
Transport Total

Food

	CO2 (kg)	%
Diet
Sourcing
Food Total

Industry

	CO2 (kg)	%
National Share
Spending Habits
Industry Total

Here you have it. Your personal annual carbon dioxide emissions. Aproximately. Whatever they are, don't feel guilty about it! We have all developed our lifestyles without knowing that CO2 emissions were a problem. If you want to reduce your carbon footrpint, start at your current level, and try to reduce it by 4% per year. Then you will be playing your part in the national effort. And you will find it surprisingly easy.

To put this in context, national average emissions are 10 tonnes per person per year. In 2004 the UK government pledged to cut emissions by 20% by 2012 to around 8 tonnes per capita. They have now pledged 80% reductions by 2050 to around 2 tonnes per capita, which is the sustainable CO2 quota per global capita.

For tips on how to reduce your CO2 emissions and improve your quality of life you can download my booklet The Guide to Low Carbon Lifestyles for free from www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org/guide.

Mukti Mitchell

North Devon, 2009

Sources include:

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (www.defra.gov.uk)
The National Energy Foundation (www.natenergy.org)
The National Office of Statistics (www.statistics.gov.uk)

Mukti Mitchell is a carpenter, sailor and author who lives by the sea in North Devon. He designed the Explorer zero-emission microyacht and sailed around Britain in 2007 to promote low carbon lifestyles, endorsed by HRH The Prince of Wales, Tony Blair, David Cameron and leading environmental figures. For more information visit www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org or www.mitchellyachts.co.uk.

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Home

Spending on electricity

What is your electricity tariff?

Spending on Piped (Mains) Gas

Bottled Gas use

Spending on Oil

Coal usage per year

Firewood usage

Transport

Car One

Car Two

Leisure

Food

I eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy products:

My food shopping is best described by:

Industry Share

Base Tonnes

My spending on products and services can be described as:

Summary

Home

Transport

Food

Industry

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