Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator
This Greenhouse Gas emission calculator will help you gain an approximate idea of how many tons of carbon dioxide your solar energy system will save and the equivalent number of trees it would take to equal those savings -
Calculator usage instructions
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Enter the monthly output from your solar energy system in quantity column..
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The number of tons of CO2 emissions will be displayed in the right hand column.
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At the bottom of the form, the total estimated amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions will be displayed as an annual and monthly figure in metric tons.
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Below the emissions figures will be the estimated number of trees needed to offset those emissions both annually and monthly.
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Explanatory notes are below the calculator as to how those figures were obtained.
Notes on CO2 emissions/offset calculator:
The calculator is not designed to be 100% accurate as there are too many variables required in order to give a reliable emissions total. It is simply to give you an indication on how much carbon dioxide you generate and how many trees it would take to offset those emissions.
The gas emmisions are based on a typical power station, see below.
Tree offset calculation is based on a tree planted in the humid tropics
absorbing on average 22kg (50 pounds) of carbon dioxide annually
over 40 years2 - each tree will absorb 1 ton of CO2 over its
lifetime; but as trees grow, they compete for resources and
some may die or be destroyed - not all will achieve their full
carbon sequestration potential. This calculator assumes
that 5 trees should be planted to ensure that at least one lives to 40
years or that their combined sequestration equals 1 ton.
Original CO2 calculator from Michael Bloch and Carbonify.com
