Carbon Links

• Carbon Footprint—Measure your carbon footprint at An Inconvenient Truth website. Link to calculations page.
• Carbon Footprint 2—From the Vermont Earth Institute. Includes equations for calculations.
• Carbon Footprint 3—From The Nature Conservancy, includes equation info and includes food choices and recycling.
• Carbon Footprint 4—From The Climate Trust. Options for offsetting carbon emissions.
• Carbon Footprint 5—Conservation International calculator.
• Carbon Footprint 6—CarbonFund.org that includes U.S. averages next to each variable.
• Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency—Good information on turning lights on and off.
• Electrical Consumption by Use—Table of household energy use in U.S. in 2001.
• Earth Day Footprint Quiz—My footprint is 20 acres and if everyone were like me we would need 4.5 planets.
• Energy Fact Sheets—from DOE, good residential fact sheets.
• Energy Saving Tips from Dominion Power—A good collection of suggestions for reducing energy use.
• Energy Star Home Energy Yardstick—By entering info from utility bills, “compare your home's energy efficiency to similar homes across the country and get recommendations for energy-saving home improvements from ENERGY STAR”
• Energy Star Guide to Home Sealing—Good color illustrations and practical info on sealing air leaks in a house.
• Energy Tips—from the National Wildlife Federation. Includes an option to purchase carbon offsets. Also includes a Green Calculator.
• Energy Use of Common Appliances—Part of a FAQ on time of energy use.
• Home Energy Saver—Do-it-yourself energy audit tool, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
• Home Energy Saver Answer Desk—FAQ with energy data and savings tips.
• Household Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Table of emissions by source, produced by Rocky Mountain Insitute.
• Household Solutions—Detailed info on how to save energy in the home. One of several Rocky Mountain Institute carbon fact sheets.
• Save Energy in Schools—General tips for schools.
• RMI Home Energy Briefs—guides describing what the average homeowner can do to save energy.
• Travel Matters—Tools to evaluate the impact of daily transportation choices on global atmospheric processes. A project of the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
• Yahoo Green—Concrete steps to reduce emissions, showing effects of each.

Sources and Trends

• Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much and at What Cost?—Summary of historic GHG trends and cost of reduction of various sources. Produced by McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm.
• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005—Summary of GHG and their sources as of 2005. Produced by DOE Energy Information Administration.