Environmental Footprint Calculator
Submitted by cmjones on May 2, 2007 - 12:51pm.
Title:
Environmental Footprint Calculator
Summary:
The Berkeley Institute of the Environment has developed an innovative Lifecycle Environmental Footprint Calculator that helps users estimate the carbon content of household consumption. The next version of this calculator will allow users to the state or city where they live and estimates will incorporate local energy mix, prices, public transportation and housing date. Additional reserach is needed to model the impact of organic vs convetional food
Description of organization:
The Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE), established in 2005, brings together and helps enhance the diverse campus programs and research units with foci in the environment in new and innovative ways.
Contact person:
Chris Jones
Contact e-mail:
Funded?:
Partial