List of Assumptions for Household GHG Calculator

Last Update: 01/09/2014

Description of Factor Value Unit Assump

Household Vehicles

A gallon
kilogram
Pounds of CO2 emitted per gallon 19,6 lbs CO2/gallon factor is
standard
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methane
tailpipe, a
condition
related to
consump
HFCs are
CO2. On
of the tot
Ratio of emissions of greenhouse gases other passeng
1,01 lbCO2e/lbCO2
than CO2 represen
emission
for the gl
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Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy 21,6 miles per gallon (mpg)

Average miles traveled per year per vehicle 11 398 miles per year 219 mile

(1/21.6 m
Average emissions for a typical vehicle 10 484 lbs CO2e/vehicle
CO2/gall

Home Energy

NATURAL GAS
Average
cubic feet of natural gas, or a
Average monthly consumption of natural gas 5 500
gas/household cubic fee
2.57.
Price per thousand cubic feet of natural gas $10,68 dollars/1000 cubic feet

Average cost of natural gas $1,04 dollars/therm

Carbon coefficient of natural gas 14,46 Tg C/QBtu 116.89 lb

Emission factor (natural gas/therm) 11,7 lbs CO2/therm natural gas

Carbon c
Emission factor (natural gas/thousand cubic lbs CO2/1000 cubic feet of
119,58 carbon *
feet) natural gas
teragram

Typical a
Average annual CO2 emissions from natural lbs CO2/household (natural
7 892 per hous
gas per household gas)
consump

Average annual CO2 emissions from natural Average

3 071 lbs CO2/year/person
gas per household of one person size. Ass
Average
Average monthly cost of natural gas per
$22,86 dollars/month/person househo
household of one person
gas/1000
ELECTRICITY

Average
Average monthly electricity consumption per
943 kWh/month/household per hous
household
Average

Average US price per kWh $0,1188 dollars/kWh

Electricity emissions factors are categorized See

lbs CO2e/kWh varies by
by geographic subregion: see EGRID_DATA. Emission_Factors tab

Typical a
Average annual CO2e emissions from lbs CO2e/household
14 020 househo
electricity per household (electricity)
month.

Average annual CO2e emissions from Average

5 455 lbs CO2e/year/person
electricity per household of one person size. Ass
Average
Average montly cost of electricity per
$43,61 dollars/month/person househo
household of one person
average
FUEL OIL
Average
Average monthly consumption of fuel oil per
46 gallons of fuel oil/month based on
household
of fuel oi
 size is 2.

Average price per gallon of fuel oil $4,02 dollars/gallon

Carbon coefficient of fuel oil 20,17 Tg C/QBtu

Carbon c
Fuel oil emission factor (pounds of
22,61 lbs CO2/gallon of fuel oil energy c
CO2/gallon fuel oil)
* QBtu/1

Fuel oil emission factor (pounds of

163,05 lbs CO2/MMBtu lbs CO2/
CO2/MMBtu fuel oil)

Typical a
Average annual CO2 emissions from fuel oil lbs CO2/household (fuel
12 460 househo
per household oil)
consump

Average annual CO2 emissions from fuel oil Average

4 848 lbs CO2/year/person
per household of one person size. Ass
Average
Average monthly cost of fuel oil per
$71,82 dollars/year/person househo
household of one person
average
PROPANE
Average
Average monthly consumption of propane propane
39 gallons of oil/month
(LPG) per household consump
per year.

Price per gallon of propane $2,47 dollars/gallon propane

Carbon coefficient for propane 16,83 Tg C/QBtu 136.05 lb

Carbon c
Propane emission factor (pounds of
12,43 lbs CO2/gallon propane * energy
CO2/gallon propane)
conversio

Typical a
Average annual emissions from propane per lbs CO2/household
5 766 househo
household (propane)
consump

Average annual emissions from propane per Average

2 243 lbs CO2/year/person
household of one person size. Ass
Average monthly cost of propane per $37,16 dollars/year/person Average
 househo
household of one person
average

Waste

Average lbs CO2 equivalent generated from lbs CO2e/year/person from

692
waste per person per year waste

Calculati
househo
Average number of pounds of CO2 equivalent lbs CO2e/year/person
materials
per person per year that could be saved by -89,38 avoided from recycling
type use
recycling metal metal
and the m
steel can

Carbon d
househo
the total
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and the U
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material
the Agen
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take into
only emis
Average number of pounds of CO2 equivalent lbs CO2e/year/person sequestr
per person per year that could be saved by -35,56 avoided from recycling manufac
recycling plastic plastic due to re
for recyc
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differenc
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Average number of pounds of CO2 equivalent lbs CO2e/year/person

per person per year that could be saved by -25,39 avoided from recycling
recycling glass glass

Average number of pounds of CO2 equivalent lbs CO2e/year/person

-113,14
per person per year that could be saved by avoided from recycling
recycling newspaper newspaper

Average number of pounds of CO2 equivalent lbs CO2e/year/person

per person per year that could be saved by -27,46 avoided from recycling
recycling magazines magazines

Average total emissions for household of one The "ave

19 702 lbs CO2e/year
person values gi

What You Can Do To Reduce Your

Emissions

On the Road

Average variable cost per mile to drive 0,1964 dollars/mile

Properly
efficiency
Increase in fuel efficiency from performing
0,04 % tuned: As
regular maintenance on your vehicles
percent.
Departm

Price per gallon of gasoline $3,68 dollars/gallon gasoline

At Home

Savings per degree of setback (heating

0,03 %
season)

2,873 bil
Percentage of natural gas allotted to heating 0,63 % space he
consump
Percentage of electricity source allotted to 120 billio
0,09 %
heating heating/1
Percentage of fuel oil source allotted to 3,675 mi
0,87 %
heating heating/4
3,754 mi
Percentage of propane source allotted to
0,70 % space he
heating
consump
186 billio
Percent of total electricity emissions
0,14 % condition
accounted for by air conditioning
consump

Savings per degree of setback (cooling

0,06 %
season)
Annual energy savings from enabling sleep Enabling
107,1 kWh
feature on computer and monitor can save
Average annual unit computer energy (sleep
70,7 kWh
feature enabled, computer turned off at night):
Average annual unit computer energy (sleep
feature not enabled, computer turned off at 143,0 kWh
night):
Average annual unit monitor energy (sleep
31,7 kWh
feature enabled, monitor turned off at night):
Average annual unit monitor energy (sleep
feature not enabled, monitor turned off at 66,5 kWh
night):
Assumes
and drye
Average estimated kWh per load 0,96 kWh of assess
cold wate
see 'Pers

Average energy consumption of a household

769 kWh/year
dryer

Average premium of green power per kWh $0,02 dollars

Replacin
Annual kWh savings per lamp 33 kWh watt com
for 3 hou
Replacin
Annual energy cost saving per lamp $4,00 dollars watt com
for 3 hou
Average kWh/year ENERGY STAR
488 kWh/year
refrigerator
2000 refr
Average kWh/year old refrigerator 810 kWh/year 704 kWh
based on
Differenc
Average kWh savings for refrigerator consump
322 kWh/year
replacement degradat
(488 kWh
Replacin
Average emission savings for natural gas AFUE fu
728,0 lbs/year
from replacing boiler/furnace AFUE or
AFUE in
Replacin
Average emission savings for fuel oil from
1056,0 lbs/year AFUE fu
replacing boiler/furnace
AFUE or
Annual energy cost savings from switching to Annual c
$78,34 dollars
a boiler boiler/fur
Assumes
Average annual energy savings from
glass. So
switching single pane windows to low-e 25 210 000 BTUs
on RESF
ENERGY STAR windows
Berkeley
Average annual energy cost savings from
changing to ENERGY STAR windows (ranges $150 dollars $150 is lo
from $150-$500 depending on climate)
Conversion Factors and Constants

Ratio of CO2 to Carbon 3,67 Ratio of CO2 to C, 44/12

Btu per Quadrillion Btu 1E+15 Btu/QBtu
Conversion from teragrams to pounds 2 204 622 620 lbs/teragram
Conversion from metric tons to lbs 2 204,62 lbs / metric ton
Conversion from thousand cubic feet of
10,23 therms/thousand cf 1 therm =
natural gas to therms
Conversion from liters to gallons 0,2642 gallons/liter
Energy content per 1000 cubic feet of natural
1 023 000 Btu/1000 cf natural gas HHV
gas

Energy content per kWh of electricity 3412 Btu/kWh HHV

MMBtu per barrel of fuel oil 5,825 MMBtu/barrel

Fuel oil conversion - barrels per liter 0,00629 barrels/L

Energy content per gallon of fuel oil 138 691,09 Btu/gallon fuel oil HHV

MMBtu per barrel of propane 3,836 MMBtu/barrel

Propane conversion - barrels per liter 0,00629 barrels/liter

Energy content per gallon of propane 91 335,94 Btu/gallon propane HHV

Average members/household 2,57 people