CCAB: Climate Change Action Brookline Fact:
"Every gallon of gasoline used generates approximately 20 pounds of carbon dioxide. A tuned car improves effiency as much as 30%." David Gershon

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Resources: Carbon Calculator

Click here to open or download a spreadsheet where you can calculate your household's carbon footprint. If you'd like some guidelines on using the calculator, click here.

If you're not sure of your usage, here are some input ranges to use that represent typical statistics for Brookline:

  Ranges to Try Brookline Averages
  • Garbage: gallons per week
10 to 60  
  • Electricity: kWh per year
    (Enter zero for 100% NSTAR Green)
 3,000 to 6,000 5,200
  • Natural Gas: therms per year
0.44 per square foot 0.44 per square foot
  • Heating Oil: gallons per year
0.39 per square foot 0.39 per square foot
  • Car Miles Driven: miles per year
0 to 20,000 15,000
  • Car: miles per gallon
18 to 26 22
  • Air Travel: miles per year
0 to 20,000  

For comparison, below is the typical yearly carbon emission footprint for a US household, along with footprints for households in other countries. The numbers represent pounds of CO2 per year and include garbage, electricity, home heating and hot water, and personal travel:

  • U.S.: 54,600
  • Germany: 27,700
  • Sweden: 14,600
  • Mexico: 10,600
  • Kenya: 400



























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