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Objectives:
• Calculate how much CO2 you produce in 1 month at your home
• Become familiar with the idea of ʻcarbon footprintʼ
Data collection:
For this project, you will calculate your CO2 emissions for 1 month from these sources:
1) CO2 emissions from electricity consumption
• Collect a BC Hydro Bill for 1 month and convert to CO2 emissions
• Conversion factor: 6,120 g CO2 / GJ
Calculation :
Base on my BC hydro bill, i consumed 453km/h in 61days, therefore i can calculate my personal monthly electricity consumption:
Daily consumption : 453 kw/h / 61 days = 7.43 kw/h
Monthly consumption : 7.43 * 30 days =222.9 kw/h
Individual monthly consumption : 222.9kw/h / 2 person =111.45 kw/h
Unit conversion kw/h to GJ : 111.45kw/h = 0.401 GJ
Therefor,
Monthly CO2 emissions from electricity consumption equals:
0.401 GJ * 6.12 kg CO2 = 2.45 kg CO2
2) CO2 emissions from natural gas consumption
• Collect a Terasen Gas bill for 1 month and convert to CO2
emissions
• Conversion factor: 51,000 g CO2 / GJ
Calculation:
Because i could not get the natural consumption from my living apartment, i search the data from the website of Canada government, that the average annual natural gas consumption per household(4 persons) is 81 GJ
Therefor, i can assume my personal natural consumption would be:
Monthly consumption per household : 81 GJ / 12 months = 6.75 GJ
Personal consumption : 6.75 GJ / 4 persons =1.69 GJ
So, the CO2 emissions from natural gas consumption equals:
1.69 GJ * 51 kg CO2 = 86.19 kg CO2
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-526-s/2010001/part-partie1-eng.htm
3) CO2 emissions from transportation
• Estimate your average monthly driving distance
• Average fuel efficiency:
o ʻLightʼ passenger vehicles: 11.5 L / 100 km
• Conversion factor:
o 241 g CO2 / liter (gasoline), 276 g CO2 / liter (diesel)
Calculation :
Because i normally consumed 120L gasoline in a month, therefor, my CO2 emission from transportation is
120 L * 0.241 kg CO2 = 28.92 kg CO2
4) CO2 emissions from breathing
• Average for a 60 kg person: 0.77 g CO2 / day
Calculation:
My weight is 80 kg, therefor CO2 emission from my breathing in a month equals:
0.77 g CO2/day / 60kg = 0.013 per kg
Breathing per day in my weight: 0.013 per kg * 80 kg = 1.04 g CO2/ day
CO2 emissions from breathing in a month : 1.04 g CO2/ day *30 =31.2 g CO2=0.0312 kgCO2
Report Format
1. Introduction
a. What are you doing?
b. Why are you doing this?
c. What are your specific objectives?
2. Methods
a. What are your data?
b. How was the data collected?
c. How are the CO2 conversions done?
d. Table showing data sources and conversions, show the work
3. Results
a. Table showing emissions from each source
b. Pie chart showing emissions from each source
4. Discussion
a. How do your calculated emissions compare to average emissions
from Canada? From the world?
b. What sources of CO2 emissions are not included in these
calculations?
c. How could the calculations be improved?
d. How could your emissions be reduced?
