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Calculate Your Playa Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The CoolingCamps GHG calculator estimates the greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitted by individual Burning Man participants or entire camps. Estimates include emissions from:

To estimate your Burning Man GHG emissions, you may use the online calculator (beta version below), or download an offline version (Excel spreadsheet). Please e-mail coolingteam@gmail.com with any questions or comments on this calculator.

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Conversion Factors and Calculations

 

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Conversion Factors

Unit Conversion Factors

 

Mass
2,000 lbs (pounds) per ton

 

Propane
4.2 lbs propane per gallon propane

 

Wood
3,300 lbs wood per cord (firewood)
22 lbs wood per 2"x4"x12' (lumber)
46 lbs wood per 4"x4"x12' (lumber)
31 lbs wood per 3/8"x4'x8' (plywood)

 

GHG Conversion Factors (tons CO2eq)

Notes

Air Travel
0.00022 ton GHG per passenger-mile flown

200 g per mile ÷  453.6 g per lb ÷ 2000 lbs per ton

Gasoline/Diesel/Kerosene
0.01 ton GHG per gallon consumed

20 lbs per gallon ÷ 2000 lbs per ton
(actual: 19.6 lbs per gallon gasoline; 22.4 diesel; 21.5 kerosene)

Propane
0.0015 ton GHG per lb of propane consumed

12.7 lbs GHG per gallon propane ÷ 4.2 lbs propane per gallon propane ÷ 2000 lbs per ton

Wood
0.0015 ton GHG per lb of wood consumed

3 lbs GHG per lb wood ÷ 2000 lbs per ton

Calculations

 

Air Travel
# passengers x one way miles x 2 x 0.00022 tons per mile = tons GHG

 

Road Travel
# vehicles x one way miles x 2 ÷ MPG x 0.01 ton per gallon = tons GHG

 

Gasoline/Diesel/Kerosene (power, art cars, fire art)
# gallons x 0.01 ton per gallon = tons GHG

 

Propane (power, fire art)
# lbs propane x .0015 ton per lb = tons GHG

 

Wood (fire art)
# lbs wood x .0015 ton per lb = tons GHG