{"id":2676,"date":"2023-06-27T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/?post_type=activity&p=2676"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:40:19","slug":"carbon-footprinting-and-trees","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/activity\/carbon-footprinting-and-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Footprinting and Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Objective<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

 <\/em><\/strong>To calculate one\u2019s own carbon footprint and gauge its environmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outcome<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Students will get an idea about the most carbon intensive activities they carry out and how they can reduce their own carbon footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requirements<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Electricity bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Knowledge on how to read an electricity bill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Conceptual knowledge of carbon footprinting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Given Data:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. 1 tree absorbs approximately 0.25 ton of CO2<\/sub> in its lifetime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. 1 ton = 1000 kg<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Formula:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Carbon Footprint (kg CO2<\/sub>e) = Emission Factor x Activity Data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Procedure<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

      Step 1: <\/em><\/strong>Determine electricity usage for the previous month from the electricity bill (kWh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 2: <\/em><\/strong>Estimate the number of hours of national and international air travel by all the family members in the last month (if any).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 3: <\/em><\/strong>Estimate the number of kilometres travelled in the last month through private vehicles (if any), i.e. cars or bikes by all the members of the family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 4: <\/em><\/strong>Estimate the number of hours travelled in the last month through public transport, i.e. trains, buses, rickshaws or taxis, by all the members of the family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 5: <\/em><\/strong>Estimate dairy (in litres) and meat-poultry-fish (in kg) consumption in the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 6:<\/em><\/strong> Estimate the carbon footprint (kgCO2<\/sub>e) of each activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 7:<\/em><\/strong> Estimate the carbon footprint of your home by adding the carbon footprint (tCO2<\/sub>e) of each activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 8:<\/em><\/strong> Estimate the number of trees required to be planted to offset GHG emissions of your last month\u2019s consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Calculations<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

      Step 1-6:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Consumption Activity<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Emission Factor (E.F.)<\/em><\/strong>1<\/sup><\/td>Unit<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Activity Data (i.e. monthly consumption)(A.D.)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Unit<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Carbon Footprint = E.F. x A.D. (kgCO<\/em><\/strong>2<\/sub><\/em><\/strong>e)<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
      Electricity (A)<\/em><\/td>1.19<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/kWh<\/td><\/td>kWh<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      National Air Travel (B)<\/em><\/td>190<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/passenger-hour<\/td><\/td>hours<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      International Air Travel (C)<\/em><\/td>181<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/passenger-hour<\/td><\/td>hours<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Car (D)<\/em><\/td>0.1<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/vehicle-km<\/td><\/td>kms<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Bike (E)<\/em><\/td>0.04<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/vehicle-km<\/td><\/td>kms<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Train Travel (F)<\/em><\/td>0.5<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/passenger-hour<\/td><\/td>hours<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Bus Travel (G)<\/em><\/td>0.4<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/passenger-hour<\/td><\/td>hours<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Rickshaw Travel (H)<\/em><\/td>1<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/passenger-hour<\/td><\/td>hours<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Taxi Travel (I)<\/em><\/td>3<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/passenger-hour<\/td><\/td>hours<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Dairy Consumption (J)<\/em><\/td>1<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/litre<\/td><\/td>litres<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
      Meat-Poultry-Fish Consumption (K)<\/em><\/td>10<\/td>kg CO2<\/sub>e\/kg<\/td><\/td>kgs<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
      1<\/sup> \u00a0All emission factors taken from footprintreporter.com\/cBalance<\/a>
      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Step 7: <\/em><\/strong>Total carbon Footprint (t CO2<\/sub>e) =$$\\frac{\\:\\text{Carbon Footprint of (A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K) }}{\\:\\text{1000}}$$ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Step 8: <\/em><\/strong>No. of Trees to be planted to offset GHG Emissions of your last month\u2019s usage = $$\\frac{\\:\\text{Carbon Footprint of own shelter (tCO2<\/sub>e) }}{\\:\\text{Lifetime Carbon Absorption Capacity of one tree (tCO2<\/sub>e)}}$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      References<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

      Supplementary Notes Section: Carbon Footprint<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Objective  To calculate one\u2019s own carbon footprint and gauge its environmental impact. Outcome Students will get an idea about the most carbon intensive activities they carry out and how they can reduce their own carbon footprint. Requirements Electricity bill. Prerequisites Given Data: Formula: Carbon Footprint (kg CO2e) = Emission Factor x Activity Data Procedure Step […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"activity_subject":[124,125],"academic_year":[68],"complexity":[60],"content_tags":[412,416,431],"activity_type":[368],"activity_duration":[174],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/2676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2682,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/2676\/revisions\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"activity_subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity_subject?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"academic_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_year?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"complexity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/complexity?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"content_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_tags?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"activity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity_type?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"activity_duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity_duration?post=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}