PrimaKlima CO2-calculator

Calculating the emissions - afforestation area - costs

Calculations can be made in the same way
• for a whole year (of your household, your company, etc.)
• as well as for a single event (travelling by plane, car, etc.)

Please enter the amounts consumed and the distances travelled, respectively in regards to the last year and the single event

calculation table (pdf)
 
 
 CO2 SOURCE consumption respect.
driving performance
per year resp. event
(devices)		 kg CO2-emission *
per device resp.
(p)km-driving
performance		 CO2-emission
per year
resp. event

* PrimaKlima carefully calculated the numbers for the various per unit CO2-emissions by consulting both basic physical-chemical data, as well as publicly accessible sources. With respect to potential imprecision, PrimaKlima would like to point out that the organization aims for a compensation goal with a fulfillment factor of five. Should the numbers calculated for emissions be slightly off, such a deficit would therefore be compensated.
 
 

 HEATING *		      
 Fuel oil   litre x 2.6 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 
 Natural gas   m3 x 2.0 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 
resp.  kWh x 0.2 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 
 Coal  kg x 2.7 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 
 Pressed brown coal  kg x 2.2 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 
 District heating  kWh x 0.2 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 

 * Please see the bill from your energy supplier to obtain the numbers for energy consumption; if you live in a rented apartment, please determine your share of the total costs for heating.
 
 

 CONSUMPTION OF
 ELECTRICITY *		      
 Electricity    kWh x 0.6 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 

 * Amount consumed according to energy bill
 
 

 MOBILITY		      
 Car traffic   total consumption  litre petrol x 2.4 kg CO2 = 0 kg CO2 
resp. 
                      total route  km  x    litre/100 km x 2.4 kg CO2 =    0 kg CO2 
 
 Car traffic   total consumption  litre diesel x 2.6 kg CO2 =    0 kg CO2 
resp. 
                      total route  km  x    litre/100 km x 2.6 kg CO2 =    0 kg CO2 
 
 
 Bus/train (commute)*
 total route x persons		  km per person x 0.079 kg CO2   
(DB-Kennzahl für 2007)		 0 kg CO2 

 Bus (coach)
 total route x persons 		  km per person x 0.031 kg CO2
(Internat. Touristik Verband RDA)		 0 kg CO2 

 Train (long distance) *
 total route x persons 		  km per person x 0.049 kg CO2
(DB-Kennzahl für 2007)		 0 kg CO2 
 
 
 Airplane *
 distance (bidirectional) x persons
 flight calculator 		 km per person x 0.32 kg CO2(e)** = 0 kg CO2 
 
* Only those emissions that are linked to the direct energy consumption will be accounted; indirect components (such as powering train stations and airports) would have to be added on top.

** Blanket calculation without differentiating between short- and long distances and type of airplane, respectively: 4.5 litres/kerosene/100 pkm x 2.6 kg CO2 per litre x 2.7 (RFI-factor). Since PrimaKlima makes it calculations based on a compensation goal with the factor five, appropriate dimensions are sufficient when stating the amounts of consumption.
 
 
 
 
 BLANKET total amount*  CO2-emission in tons   0 kg CO2 
 
  * As an alternative to a detailed calculation of various CO2-emissions, you can enter the number for a known amount of CO2 here to determine the costs and the size of the afforestation area necessary to compensate said amount. 
 
 

T O T A L   A M O U N T      
0 kg CO2 
= 0,0 tons CO2 


 


The result

The atmosphere is polluted with    0,0    tons of CO2-emission by the considered energy consumption of one year or of a single event.

In order to not contribute to climate change in the future, two complementary options are available:
   
(a)    reducing the amount of CO2-emissions in question by changing ones way of living and by technical means,
   
(b)    sequestrate the amount of CO2 that was not avoided from the air via biotic means, such as afforestation, for example

PrimaKlima recommends to avoid as much CO2-emissions as possible by choosing option (a) and to compensate the amount of CO2-emissions that have not been / cannot be avoided yet by means of option (b)


Compensating CO2-emissions that have not been avoided is the basis for climate-neutral living and economic activity.
   
   
To sequestrate    0,0  tons  of CO2-emission from the air within 10 years,   0  square meters  respectively  0,0  hectares (ha)
of additional forest have to be planted.
 
You can initiate these afforestation efforts by donating    0,00 Euro  to PrimaKlima-weltweit-e.V.

The size of the new forest area will be determined in such a way that the amount of CO2 in question will be sequestrated from the air within one decade (on a linear basis). Additional decades of growth will increase the results; after 50 years, five times the amount of CO2 in question will be absorbed. Therefore, the pollution you are responsible for will be more than neutralized.
   



Basis for calculations

Calculating the area: : 0,1 hectares (ha) of forest (= 1,000 square meters) absorb 10 tons of CO2 (rule of thumb) from the air within one decade (on a linear basis). With respect to the climate zone, soil conditions, tree species, etc., special estimations are made to determine the actual size of the afforestation area in equivalence to the rule of thumb when planning a project.

To initiate an afforestation covering 1 ha, PrimaKlima requires a donation of 1,000 Euro (average amount for domestic and foreign projects). Donations cover all expenses when projects are realized abroad. In Germany, a donation represents initial financing and prompts third party payments, which covers all costs.

10 Euro have to be paid per ton of CO2 to be absorbed (according to the rule of thumb). Absorption within roughly 10 years; after 50 years, 5 tons of CO2 will be sequestrated from the air per ton of CO2 emitted originally.

The model including a compensation fulfillment factor of five is PrimaKlima's standard model for biotic CO2-compensation. Other arrangements can be made after further discussion with PrimaKlima.