Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

1st: Caculate your carbon foot here

2nd: Set C02 reduction goal and take action to reduce your foot print and save $$$$. 

Transportation:

  • Plan errands for 1 trip not many –reduce miles by 20%
  • Annual car tune up & maintain air pressure in tires
  • Buy a more fuel efficient car

Home Heating and Cooling:

  • Set thermostat 65 to 68 during day, 55-58 at night and when gone
  • Or per degree you lower heat all winter
  • Insulating your walls and attic
  • Seal places where air (heat) leaks out of your home
  • Furnace tune up (change air filters)
  • Sealing and insulating warm-air ducts
  • Purchase an energy efficient furnace
  • Raise AC temp 4 degrees a year
  • Set water heater to 120 degrees
  • Insulating hot water heater
  • Installing a solar hot water heater
  • Installing double pain windows

Household Electric Use:

  • Turn your TVs, CD players, DVD and chargers all the way off
  • Turn your computer off 8 hours a night
  • Replace or clean AC filters
  • Purchase an energy star AC

Food Sourcing:

  • Switch to vegetarian meals even one day a week

Household Appliances:

  • Reduce hot/warm loads of laundry per week
  • Reduce drier loads (use cloths line)
  • Line dry for a whole month
  • Purchase an energy star front loading washer
  • Replace regular 60W light bulb with a 9W LED bulb (you’d be surprised how many bulbs you have!)
  • Replace fridge with energy star model 
  • Purchase green power from utility company

Water and Garbage:

  • Recycle 100% of items which are recyclable
  • Reduce garbage disposed of from 90 galls a week to 60
  • Low-flow shower head
  • Reduce shower time by 5 minutes 
  • Fully load dishwasher
  • Hand wash items in basin rather than running water

Yard:

  • Plant trees
  • Use a push mower instead of gas or electric mower

C02 Savings Per Year

  • 450 to 4000 lbs a year!--FREE
  • 1500 lbs per year-
  • 2,000 to 10,000 lbs a year

C02 Savings Per Year

  • 1400 lbs a year--FREE
  • 130 lbs a year per degree lowered
  • 1200 lbs a year  TAX CREDIT
  • 800 lbs a year
  • 300 lbs a year
  • 800 lbs a year
  • 2400 lbs a year  TAX CREDIT
  • 60-240 lbs a year/ 3 mo FREE
  • 150 lbs a year-FREE
  • 175 lbs a year
  • 2500 lbs a year  TAX CREDIT
  • 800 lbs a year  TAX CREDIT

C02 Savings Per Year

  • 600 lbs a year--FREE
  • 500 lbs a year--FREE
  • 350 lbs a year
  • 600 lbs

C02 Savings Per Year

  • 700 lbs per year/day/week-FREE

C02 Savings Per Year

  • 100 lbs a year per load/week-FREE
  • 260 lbs a year per load/week-FREE
  • 130 lbs per mo you line dry-FREE
  • 500 lbs a year  REBATE FROM UTILITY
  • 100 lbs a year per bulb
  • 500 lbs a year
  • 200 lbs per 100 kWh

C02 Savings Per Year

  • saves 1,300 lbs a year-SEAMLESS
  • 3,120 lbs
  • 250 to 350 lbs
  • 300 lbs per year per person-SAVE$
  • 100 lbs per load-FREE
  • 125 lbs

C02 Savings Per Year

  • 25 lbs per year
  • 1300 lbs if mowing 6/12 of a year

Information provided by Lynn Fitz-Hugh, TCAT Community Engagement Director