There are many residential carbon calculators available online, but little has been done to analyze their effectiveness. This project investigated the reliability of available calculators when applied to The People’s Pint, a small restaurant in Greenfield, MA. We found that these calculators failed to take into account numerous indirect energy sources, thus making them ineffective at determining the carbon footprint of a small restaurant. We recommend carbon calculator metrics be made transparent and that sustainability efforts be tailored to businesses.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Roy, Kaija Rose
• Campos, Sarah Danielle
• Larrier, Mervyn Anderson

Subject

• Sustainability
• Energy
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031516-194802

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Carbon dioxide mitigation
• Sustainable development--Social aspects

Advisor

• LePage, Suzanne

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• Booth, Alden

Date created

• 2016-03-15

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright