Electrical Government Liaisoning
Data collection :
Step 1 :
Electricity:
Collect data on your annual electricity bills. You can find the number of power units (In India, one unit = 1KWh of electricity) consumed in your home from the monthly electricity bills issues by State Electricity Board/ Distribution/Collection companies. Take monthlynconsumed units and then multiply them by 12 (No of months in a year).
Petrol/Diesel:
Add the number of liters of petrol/diesel you used in your car/motorcycle in a year. If you do not remember the exact value right now, please add average values.
LPG:
Generally one LPG cylinder has around 14 kg of liquefied petroleum gas. Multiply the number of cylinders used in a year by 14 and add
the resulted value in the calculation
Step 2 :
Electricity:
Input value (in KWh/Yr) X 0.85 (Emission Factor) = Output value in (Kg of CO2)
Petrol
Input Value(In Litres/Yr) X 2.296(Emission Factor) = Output value in (Kg of CO2)
Diesel:
Input Value(In Litres/Yr) X 2.653 (Emission Factor) = Output value in (Kg of CO2)
LPG
Input Value(In Kg/Yr) X 2.983 (Emission Factor) = Output value in (Kg of CO2)
Your Carbon Footprint : Add (1+2+3+4) = Output value in (Kg of CO2)
Divide final value (no 5) with 1000 so that you get a total carbon footprint in a ton of CO2.
The final Carbon footprint should be in tons of CO2 (tCO2.).Motor gasoline/ Petrol
Know more about the source of emission factors;
Electricity
0.85 kg CO2 per KWh, Source: CO2 emission factor database, version 06, CEA (Government of India), http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/planning/cdm_co2/cdm_co2.htm
Motor gasoline/ Petrol
2.296 kg CO2 per liter, Source: Emission factors are taken from the file “Emission factors from across the sector -tool”, extracted from http://www.ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools/alltools
Diesel
2.653 kg CO2 per liter, Source: Emission factors are taken from the file “Emission factors from across the sector -tool”, extracted from http://www.ghgprotocol.org/calculation tools/alltools
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
2.983 kg CO2 per kilogram, Source: Emission factors are taken from the file “Emission factors from across the sector -tool” extracted from http://www.ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools/alltools
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