Carbon calculator

Climate Toolkit 4 Business
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Carbon calculator

When you have begun to implement your action plan, and would like to measure your progress, you can re-calculate your carbon footprint by entering the revised metrics here:

How it works
  • Business

    Business
  • Energy

    Energy
  • Travel

    Travel
  • Materials

    Materials
  • Water

    Water
1 Please provide some information on your business below

Sector

Size

Buildings

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2Energy

For most businesses, energy usage will be the biggest contributor to your direct carbon footprint. You are only required to complete the energy types applicable to your business.

Electricity

Please provide the annual volume or cost of your electricity use.

This information will be available on your electricity bills, make sure you use the figure for a full year
kWh
or
This information will be available on your electricity bills, make sure you use the figure for the full year
€

Natural gas

If your business uses natural gas, please provide the annual volume or cost.

You will find this information on your gas bill, make sure you use the figure for a full year
kWh
or
You will find this information on your gas bill, make sure you use the figure for a full year
€

Heating oil

If your business uses heating oil, please provide the annual volume or cost. This can include Gasoil, Kerosene or both.

This information will be available on your bill or from your supplier, make sure you use the figure for a full year
l
or
This information will be available on your bill or from your supplier, make sure you use the figure for a full year
€

LPG

If your business uses LPG, please provide the relevant metrics below.

If you are using certified bio LPG you do not need to enter a metric here.
l
or
If you are using certified bio LPG you do not need to enter a metric here.
€

Heavy fuel oil

If your business uses fuel oil (’heavy’ or ‘furnace’ oil), please provide the annual volume or cost.

This information will be available on your bill or from your supplier, make sure you use the figure for a full year
l
or
This information will be available on your bill or from your supplier, make sure you use the figure for a full year
€

Coal

If your business uses coal, please provide the annual volume or cost.

This information will be available on your bill or from your supplier, make sure you use the figure for a full year
t
or
This information will be available on your bill or from your supplier, make sure you use the figure for a full year
€
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3Travel

For road vehicles, we assume small commercial vehicles are being used. This is a necessary simplification. Businesses using large amounts of freight should undertake a separate transport-related emissions analysis

Petrol

If your business uses petrol vehicles, please provide input below.

This information may be available through an expenses system or your accounting process
km
or
This information may be available through an expenses system or your accounting process
€

Diesel

If your business uses diesel vehicles, please provide input below.

This information may be available through an expenses system or your accounting process
km
or
This information may be available through an expenses system or your accounting process
€

Business flights

If employees take any business-related flights through the course of the year, please provide the required details below.

This information relates to UK and EU return flights and may be available through an expenses system, travel agency or your accounting process.
This information relates to return flights beyond the EU or UK and may be available through an expenses system, travel agency or your accounting process.
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4Materials and Waste

The products, goods and materials that your business uses have an environmental impact through the material they are made from, manufacturing, packaging, transport and redundancy. These impacts are sometimes known as the ‘embodied carbon’ of goods. This calculator will not capture the full embodied carbon of the products you use, but will suggest some practical steps to assess and address it. Waste produced by a business also has embodied carbon and can highlight areas of inefficiency, or reuse/recycling requirements.

Material intensity

Does your business mainly sell ?

If you indicate that your business mainly sells products it could mean that your business is material-intensive. Although this answer does not affect your carbon footprint as measured by this Toolkit, you will be recommended actions around considering how the wider impact of your supply chain can affect your scope 3 emissions.

Waste produced

Please enter the weight per annum for each of the bins below.

You can get this from your bills or your waste services provider.
kg
You can get this from your bills or your waste services provider.
kg
You can get this from your bills or your waste services provider.
kg
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5Water usage

The volume of water used by your business contributes to your carbon footprint, through the energy used in its treatment and transport. Small changes in your operations can have a large impact. Conserving water not only helps to protect your local supply but can help you to reduce your environmental impacts while saving money on your water bills.

Water usage

Please enter your water usage per annum below.

This figure can be found on your Irish Water bill.
m3
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