Many students using our footprint calculator said that they could not pledge to reduce their home footprints because they were not making the decisions for the household. Here is your chance to design your own sustainable virtual household!
If you had your own home, what would you do to make it more energy efficient? Where would you get your electricity from? Where would your house be? Would you live near to your school or work or local transit options? Where would you get your food from?
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House Sollutions
When I calculated my carbon footprint results I was shocked by how high my carbon levels were for housing. The following site shows various information on how to help carbon emissions in houses.
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of- … -footprint
I found out in the site above that, "In the average American home, 25 percent of energy is used to heat spaces, 13 percent is used to heat water, 11 percent is used for cooling and the remainder is spent on appliances, according to estimates from the Natural Resources Defense Council." These statistics are so high; however, their are simple solutions. A few solutions would be: turning off the lights, replacing lightbulbs with LED bulbs, and using less heat and cold in air conditioning. A few more examples on how to help carbon dioxide levels in homes is stated in the link above.