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We started our carbon year on 4/4/2007, and decided to split into six-monthly periods to provide more regular feedback. If you couldn’t make the meeting on 10/4 (or even if you did!), add your six monthly footprint figures below (for the first period 4/4-4/10/2007), and any comments, as a comment below.
Calculating footprints
Because we didn’t all take meter and mileage readings on the 4/4/2007, it can be difficult to calculate this six-monthly figure. I did it by exptrapolating my average use for the period to the 4/4 to find the
base figure.
If anyone doesn’t have meter readings on or around the 4/4 (I didn’t!), please send me the meter readings you do have around that period, and I’ll calculate an estimate for the 4/4 to act as your ‘baseline’ figure for the year (I have a spreadsheet set up to do this).
In future I suggest it would be easiest to take all readings on or around the 4/4 and 10/4 of each year – is this realistic and easy for people to do?
DAVID: ~1.4t
david
DAVID: ~1.4t (0.5t electricity; 0.9t heating; 0 car)
I have made some trips by car too, but haven’t recorded individual
trips, as I think we were following the guide’s suggestion that car
emissions should go to the owner. I’m not sure that’s fair, though, so
I’m planning to log individual mileages for the next half-year.
Average electricity use fell by a quarter! I think this can be
explained by finally getting rid of our electric shower, although it’s
difficult to tell how much gas use increased as a result. Both our
showers are now drawn from the hot water tank, whilst a nifty gadget
uses the mains cold water pressure to drive the flow (unlike a power
shower).