Spring 2023 CEE 4160 Introduction
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CEE 4160: Smart and Sustainable Cities
Andres Pinto
Homework 1: Introduction
(Out of 20 pts)
Due Date: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023.
1. Select an online calculator of your choice# to estimate your personal annual carbon
footprint (i.e., personal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year). Report the name
and URL of the calculator used as well as all of your results. Make sure to select a
calculator that accounts and reports multiple sectors — e.g., transport, buildings energy
use, electricity use, water consumption*, etc. However, do not include air travel in your
total. Furthermore, results must be reported for an entire year and in units of metric
kilograms (kg) of CO2e. [10 pts]
# For a list of calculators to possibly use, see this article that you can access for free through the GT library.
* If the calculator you use does not include water consumption, use the values given in section 2.4 (The
IPAT Equation and the Kaya Identify) in Chapter 2 on Sustainability.
According to the Carbon Emissions Calculator by Lehigh University
(www.ei.lehigh.edu/learners/cc/carboncalc.html), my personal annual carbon footprint
is 11749.23 kg of CO2 emissions.
2. Based on your results from Problem 1, determine three ways that you can reduce your
environmental footprint, and estimate the savings with the calculator used. [5 pts]
