Environmental Calculators

The following links are to a variety of environmental “calculators.” These programs or formulas can help you to estimate the impact of your program on the environment or as an educational tool for your employees or tenants personal use. They can be used in much the same way as the environmental tips and factoids.

Weyerhaeuser Recovered Paper Calculator — http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/ourbusinesses/pulppaperpckging/recycling/education/recoveredpapercalculator/

Determines how much paper is generated at your location.

U.S. EPA’s Personal Greenhouse Calculator — http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterToolsGHGCalculator.html

Designed for individuals who want to take action and for businesses and organizations interested in reaching their employees and members about what they can do at home to help protect our climate.

U.S. EPA’s Global Warming Wheel Card Calculator — http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterToolsCalculatorsWheelCard.html

Estimate household emissions of carbon dioxide and learn how to reduce them.

WAste Reduction Model Calculator http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsWasteWARM.html

Tracks greenhouse gas emissions reductions from several different waste management practices.

Recycled Content Tool Calculator — http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsWasteToolsRecon.html

Estimates life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy impacts from purchasing and/or manufacturing materials with varying degrees of post-consumer recycled content.

Climate Change Calculator — http://www.americanforests.org/resources/ccc/index.php

Calculates tons of carbon dioxide emitted by your household this year, and number of trees that would need to be planted to offset those emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator — http://www.usctcgateway.net/tool/

Translate greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from units that are typically used to report reductions into terms that are easier to understand.

TravelMatters Individual Calculator — http://www.travelmatters.org/calculator/individual/?sid=9eldd390619a8147303d3f36081898cl

Measures how much greenhouse gas you generate as a result of your daily transportation activity.

ICLEI Personal CO2 Calculator — http://www3.iclei.org/co2/co2calc.htm

Determine yearly direct personal carbon dioxide emissions.

Water Consumption Calculator — http://www.environment.about.com/library/weekly/blwatercalculator.htm

Determines the cost of household water usage by calculating the amount of water used by household products such as toilets, showers, washing machines, sinks, etc. on a weekly and yearly basis.

Paper Calculator — http://www.ofee.gov/recycled/cal-index.asp

Calculates the U.S. average energy and wood consumption and environmental releases summed across the full "life cycle" of each of five major grades of paper and paperboard.

U.S. EPA — http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterToolsCalculators.html

An index to all the calculators on EPA’s Web site.