Carbon Footprint
Team: H to the J
Hector Huijon (0202358), Jacqueline Covarrubias (0264767)
Table of Contents
 1-2 Introduction / Executive Summary
 3-5 All About Us
 6 You: Details of Personal Consumption, Energy, Water,
Food, …
 7-12: Them: Energy use / Carbon footprint….
in California, Western US, all US, Developed
Countries, WW
 13: Comparison of You vs. Them
 14: Your beliefs and opinions about what should change,
You, them, both of you
 15-16: Your proposal for changes you can and will make
 17: Summary / Conclusions
 18: References
My Environmental Impact:
All About Me
Age Group: 20-21
Responsibilities: College
Students
Occupations: Part-time
employee’s
Hobbies: Soccer, Gym,
Shopping, Cars, Movies,
Music, T.V.
Assets that require energy:
Cell Phones, Computers
(Laptops), Radio, I-pod,
T.V., Cars
Hector Huijon
 Hector Huijon lives in Napa
 Transportation: Hector
with his mother and 2 older
sisters. He lives in an
average single story house
with 4 bedrooms and 2
bathrooms.
 Natural Gas: 32 Therms
 Electricity: 696Kwh
Huijon drives a 2005
Volkswagen GTI and a 2004
Volkswagen Jetta GLI
 Annual Average: 10,560
 MPG: 20
Jacqueline Covarrubias
 Jacqueline Covarrubias lives
 Transportation: Jacqueline
in Napa with her parents,
older brother, and younger
sister. She lives in an
average single story house
with 3 bedrooms and 1
bathroom.
 Natural Gas: 72 Therms
 Electrics use: 941 Kwh
Covarrubias drives a 1997
Volkswagen convertible
Cabrio.
 Annual Mileage: 4,752
 MPG: 18
Our Impact
Totals are transportation and housing emissions
in metric tons of Co2 per year
Calculator
Hector
Jacqueline
Average
7.6
6.5
7.05
8.97
10.3
9.64
16
13
14.5
all measurement are metric tons per year
www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator
www.pge.com/myhome/environment/calculato
r/
Total
Average:
10.4
Average CO2 emissions in Napa per
person in July 2009 is 1580 pounds.
CALIFORNIA
California has a per capita Carbon Score of 46.
California has the 1st highest resident population. Each
California resident, per population average, produces
approximately 11 Tons of Carbon Dioxide each year.
California has a total Carbon output state rank of #2,
and is the #2nd highest Carbon Dioxide polluting state
in the United States.
Annual
Emission=5,752,
289
Percentage of
global total=
20.2%
Per capita=
18.99
Reduction
needed to meet
world capita
average= 76.8%
Rank=1
Population-308,745,538
WORLD
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16
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4.1
18.99
11.06
9.4
8.3
World
United States
California
Napa
Average Me
Proposal for Everyone in the
U.S.
Encourage everyone to be aware of their
energy usage and its effect, and take steps to
reduce it.
Leave your car at home
Go for renewable energy
Check your tire pressure regularly - underinflated tires are dangerous and can increase
fuel consumption by up to 3%.
Increase environmental awareness of
business stake holders-up to 30% of energy is
typically wasted by business-Perhaps see if
you can teleconference and work from home
occasionally instead of flying.
Assess energy-efficiency when purchasing
appliances
 Reuse, Renew, recycle mentality
Proposal for Our Group
Turn off household lights and
other electronics, in rooms not in
use.
 Run dishwasher and washing
machine when they are FULL.
 Cycle, carpool, take public
transportation, or walk
 Eat less meat
Buy Locally produced items with
less packaging
Change bulbs to fluorescent bulbs
Turn down central heater (1 or 2
degrees down)
Turn down the water heating
setting
oGlobal warming is caused by the emission of
greenhouse gases. CO2 is created by burning
fuels such as; oil, natural gas, diesel, organicdiesel, and ethanol. The country we live in is
ranked #1 for CO2 emissions, we need to start
today by taking small steps in our own homes.
Each small step we take is one giant step for
the US. Since you can't replace everything,
remember to turn off and unplug everything
else!
Websites and Research
Cited
References
 1.http://www.communitypulse.o
rg
 2.http://www.nature.org
 3. http://www.timeforchange.org
 4.http://www.census.gov
 5.http://www.ucsusa.org
 6.http://www.epa.gov