Answer the questions below to work out your total annual carbon emissions in tonnes.

Heating your home
 
What is the main fuel used for heating your house?
Pick the best description of your house
How warm do you keep your house?
Which of these statements about your heating is correct?
How many rooms does your house have? Include all rooms except bathrooms and hallways
How many people live in your house?
What kind of house do you live in?
Emissions from heating your home
Heating your water
 
How do you usually wash yourself?
How often do you have a bath or shower?
Do you have solar water heating
emissions from heating your hot water
 
Powering your home
 
Do you buy your electricity from a green tariff
Do you have low energy light bulbs?
What cold appliances do you have?
Do you regularly use a tumble-drier?
emissions from powering your home
 
Total Carbon dioxide emissions from your home¦
 
Transport and Commuting
How many miles do you travel to work or school? (round trip)
How do you usually commute
On average, how many miles of other driving do you do per week?
How many long distance car journeys (over 200 miles round trip) per year?
Do you regularly use a bike for other short trips?
How many long distance journeys (over 200 miles round trip) do you take by bus, coach or train every year?
Total emissions from Land Transport
 
Air Travel
How many return flights, per year, do you take to the following destinations:
how many flights have you taken in the last two years. Enter the number in boxes below
Irish/UK Destination
Europe, North Africa
USA, Central Africa, Middle East, Central Russia
South America, Southern Africa, India, China
Far East, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica
emissions from air flights
 
total emissions from transport
 
Food
 
How often do you eat meat or fish not from your local area?
How often do you eat dairy products or eggs?
Are most of your meals
Which statement best describes your food shopping habits?
How much of your food is organic?
Is your food waste composted?
emissions from food
 
Your Total Direct Emissions
 
Your indirect emissions resulting from goods and services
 
Your share of national infrastructure emissions
1.70 tonnes of C02 per year
 
Your Total Annual Emissions of Carbon Dioxide
 
 
Compare to:
The Global Fair Share - 2.5 tonnes
The UK Average - 11.3 tonnes
The Irish Average - 17 tonnes
 
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