What is your carbon footprint?

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Home Energy Emissions
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Heating & Cooling Estimated Annual Savings
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Washing & Drying Estimated Annual Savings
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ENERGY STAR Products Estimated Annual Savings
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Vehicle Emissions
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Waste Emissions
Waste Estimated CO2 Emissions
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Your Household Carbon Footprint

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Small Actions Add Up

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If 100 of your friends took these actions, over 5 years their households would avoid [#] pounds of emissions, equivalent to the emissions from burning [#] gallons of gasoline.

If you take all of the new actions you've selected: Dollar SavingsCO2 Reduction
Turn down heating thermostat on winter nights by 0℉ $0 0 lbs.
Turn up A/C thermostat in summer by 0℉ $0 0 lbs.
Replace 0 incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR lights $0 0 lbs.
Enable the power management features on your computer $0 0 lbs.
Wash your clothes in cold water $0 0 lbs.
Use clothes line or drying rack instead of dryer for 0 of your laundry $0 0 lbs.
Replace your refrigerator with ENERGY STAR models $0 0 lbs.
Replace your furnace or boiler with ENERGY STAR models $0 0 lbs.
Replace your window with ENERGY STAR models $0 0 lbs.
Use Green Power for 0% of your electricity   0 lbs.
Perform regular maintenance on your vehicles $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 1 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 1 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 2 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 2 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 3 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 3 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 4 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 4 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 5 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 5 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Recycle   0 lbs.
Your Estimated Totals: $ lbs.
By taking all of the actions you are already doing: Dollar Savings CO2 Reduction
Turn down heating thermostat on winter nights by 0 ℉ test $0 0 lbs.
Turn up A/C thermostat in summer by 0 ℉ $0 0 lbs.
Replace 0 incandescent light bulds with ENERGY STAR lights $0 0 lbs.
Enable the power management features on your computer $0 0 lbs.
Wash your clothes in cold water $0 0 lbs.
Use clothes line or drying rack instead of dryer for 0 of your laundry $0 0 lbs.
Replace your refrigerator with ENERGY STAR models $0 0 lbs.
Replace your furnace or boiler with ENERGY STAR models $0 0 lbs.
Replace your window with ENERGY STAR models $0 0 lbs.
Perform regular maintenance on your vehicles $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 1 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 1 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 2 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 2 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 3 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 3 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 4 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 4 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Reduce the number of miles you drive on Vehicle 5 $0 0 lbs.
Replace Vehicle 5 with one that gets MPG $0 0 lbs.
Recycle   0 lbs.
Use Green Power for 0% of your electricity   0 lbs.
Your Estimated Totals: $ lbs.

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