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Counting Carbon - Direct

Count your carbon based on the measurements you made of fuel used. There is an internationally recognised method for counting carbon of different fuels. A metric measure is used to compare emissions from differrent greenhouse gases based on their global warming potential (GWP).

To simplify the calculations we recommend you use the calculator provided free on-line by the UK National Energy Federation. Here you can input a variety of fuels to calculate your overall carbon score. The calculator will add up all you emissions in kgCO2 from different fuel sources and convert the total into equivalent kg of carbon.

For the mathematically minded:
How CO2e calculations are carried out

Task 1 Convert your direct fuel measurements into carbon

Using one of our recommended CO2e calculators convert your fuel and process emission figures into carbon.

Example using NEF simple converter for organisations

Sources of direct GHG emissions	How measured	Measured Quantities	Annual Use	Converted to CO₂e
Petroleum	purchase/delivery notes	800 litres/week	41,600 litres	96,321 kgCO2
Diesel	purchase/delivery notes	3500 litres/month	42,000 litres	110,477 kgCO2
Coal	purchase/delivery notes	30 tonnes/month	360 tonnes	1,160,280 kgCO2
TOTAL Emissions 1,367,078 kgCO2 equivalent to 373,212.3 kg Carbon

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Debate on counting:
Direct Impacts

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This helps to engage employees in any company plan.

Next look at the carbon count for indirect emissions

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