Question

Calculate your carbon footprint by using carbon footprint calculator with example​

Answer 1

Answer:

Unfortunately there is not a simple answer. You car has ratings not only in miles per gallon but also pounds of CO2.

Before all this started in buildings we have always looked at MBTU’s per square foot of floor area. This is based on the British Thermal Unit. As mechanical engineers we convert all energy, electricity, propane, natural gas, fuel oil into British Thermal Units. Going back 40 years I analyzed 100’s of buildings, every size and every type and the average energy consumption varied from around 50,000 - 110,000 BTU’s per square feet area. I live in Minnesota and yes it gets cold. Funny thing I remember an old school building with a steam boiler and it had an energy consumption yes of around 50,000 BTU’s per .