Group 9 - Manlunas, Mendoza, Del Rosario, Viray

1. What is a “carbon footprint”?

-A carbon footprint corresponds to the whole amount of greenhouse gases

(GHG) produced to, directly and indirectly, support a person’s lifestyle and
activities. Carbon footprints are usually measured in equivalent tons of CO2,
during the period of a year, and they can be associated with an individual, an
organization, a product or an event, among others.

2. What is the significance of knowing the carbon footprint of an entity?

-Measuring your own carbon footprint allows you to see the specific things you
can alter in your lifestyle. Some of these things could include, used electricity,
used natural gases, the effects of your car, how much you recycle, what you
recycle and how much you waste.

3. What are the considerations in determining carbon footprint?

- A carbon footprint is calculated by estimating not just the CO2 emissions that
the activity in question causes, but also any emissions of other greenhouse
gases (such as methane and nitrous oxide) and in some cases other types of
climate impacts as well, such as vapour trails from aeroplanes.

4. How is carbon footprint calculated?

​ - A carbon footprint is calculated by estimating not just the CO2 emissions that
the activity in question causes, but also any emissions of other greenhouse
gases (such as methane and nitrous oxide) and in some cases other types of
climate impacts as well, such as vapour trails from aeroplanes.

Carbon Footprint https://www.footpr https://www.carbo www.carbonindep

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Features Frequency button Multiple Tabs ● Classified

- never, seldom, ● Welcome Sections for
often, daily ○ Country easy use
Fixed questions ○ Calculation ● Options
-food, housing, Period displayed
electricity use, ● House estimated kwh
trash generation, ○ People in and a tonnes
transportation Household CO2
○ Electricity Converter at
Result part: ○ Natural Gas every section
-conclusion , ○ Heating Oil ● Inter actual
graphical ○ Coal values on
presentation, ○ LPG categories,
exploring data, ○ Propane E.g Mpg on
how do you feel, ○ Wooden cars and etc.
solution Pellets ● Includes
● Flights comparison of
○ Return Trip own total
/ One-way versus the rest
Trip of the world
○ From ● Has notes that
○ To explain each
○ Class category to
○ Number of avoid
Trips confusion.
● Car ● Involves 2
○ Mileage parts, The
○ Vehicle household
● Motorbike data and the
○ Mileage personal
○ Type lifestyle data.
● Bus & Rail
○ Bus
○ Coach
○ Commuter
Train
○ Long
Distance
Train
○ Tram
○ Subway
○ Taxi
● Secondary
Footprint
○ Currency
○ Food and
drink
products
○ Pharmaceut
icals
○ Clothes,
 textiles and
shoes
○ Paper
based
products
(e.g. books,
magazines,
newspapers
)
○ Computers
and IT
equipment
○ Television,
radio and
phone
(equipment)
○ Motor
vehicles
(not
including
fuel costs)
○ Furniture
and other
manufactur
ed goods
○ Hotels,
restaurants,
and pubs
etc.
○ Telephone,
mobile/cell
phone call
costs
○ Banking
and finance
(mortgage
and loan
interest
payments)
○ Insurance
○ Education
○ Recreationa
l, cultural
and
sporting
activities
 ● Results
○ In metric
tons

Other Donation tab and In the same site, The site contains
Characteristics Retake Quiz there is offsetting, information about
businesses, and the climate
more information change crisis and
about carbon what to do about
footprints. it. Also has
different links
about “False and
dubious solutions
to climate
change” and other
topics that tackle
the environment
and climate
change.

We chose the third app because it has choices and we are able to input real
household consumption or estimate using the fixed buttons on the page.
According to the group’s results, the carbon footprint of each household are more or
less similar. Compared to China, the total of each household is near to China’s carbon
footprint emission.