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How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint

How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint. By: Shannon Houst. What is it?. A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact of our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change.

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How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint

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  1. How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint By: Shannon Houst

  2. What is it? • A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact of our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. • It relates to the amount of greenhouse gasses produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation. • It is a measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce and has units of kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent.

  3. The pie chart above shows the main elements which make up the total of a typical person’s carbon footprint in the developed world. • The primary footprint(green slices) and the secondary footprint(yellow slices)

  4. What is a Carbon footprint made up of? • A carbon footprint is made up of the sums of the primary and secondary footprints. • Primary footprint—measurement of direct CO2 emissions of burning fossil fuels; domestic energy consumption and transportation, we have direct control of these. • Secondary footprint—measurement of indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products used, associated with manufacture and eventual breakdown. • In other words, the more we buy, the more emissions will be caused on our behalf.

  5. How can you reduce your Carbon Footprint? • Turn it off when not in use (lights, television, DVD player, Hi Fi, computer etc. etc. ...) Click here to find out which electrical items in your household are contribute the most to your Carbon Footprint • Turn down the central heating slightly (try just 1 to 2 degrees C) • Turn down the water heating setting (just 2 degrees will make a significant saving) • Check the central heating timer setting - remember there is no point heating the house after you have left for work • Fill your dish washer and washing machine with a full load - this will save you water, electricity, and washing powder • Fill the kettle with only as much water as you need • Do your weekly shopping in a single trip • Hang out the washing to dry rather than tumble drying it • Sign up to a green energy supplier, who will supply electricity from renewable sources (e.g. wind and hydroelectric power) - this will reduce your carbon footprint contribution from electricity to zero

  6. The table above gives you an idea of which appliances in your household are contributing the most to your carbon footprint.

  7. Sources • "Carbon Footprint - What Is A Carbon Footprint?." Carbon Footprint - Home of Carbon Management. RADsite, n.d. Web. 27 May 2010. <http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html>. • insulation, installing 180mm thick loft. "Carbon Footprint - Carbon Footprint Reduction." Carbon Footprint - Home of Carbon Management. RADsite, n.d. Web. 27 May 2010. <http://www.carbonfootprint.com/minimisecfp.html>. • "Carbon Footprint - Household Energy Consumption." Carbon Footprint - Home of Carbon Management. RADsite, n.d. Web. 27 May 2010. <http://www.carbonfootprint.com/energyconsumption.html>.

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