Result description
The Carbon Footprint Simulation Dashboard (CO2 Calculator) is a set of two tools.
Emissions Calculator: What’s your footprint?
Using the CO2 Calculator, a person can calculate their carbon footprint by answering a set of questions related to their daily activities, such as transportation, energy use, and recycling. They can examine which of these aspects contribute the most to their carbon footprint; compare their emissions with the average in their country, Europe, or other dashboard users; and get recommendations on how to reduce their footprint.
Scenario Simulation: What’s your opinion?
Once you know your carbon footprint you can move from an individual to a collective level. With the Scenario Simulator, you can create scenarios based on your understanding of how to achieve EU’s target of a 55% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Actions to achieve this target are based on what an average citizen would be willing to change in their life and what they would be willing to accept from the government.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- Grants and Subsidies
- Testers: people willing to use the app and provide feedback on its utility
- Promoters: organisations or individuals who can endorse and showcase the app in specific settings e.g. schools, universities, work places, public institutions
- Public or private funding institutions
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- Other Actors who can help us fulfil our market potential
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The CO2 Calculator will be freely available to use for 3 years starting November 2024. UAEG will take care of maintenance and updates during this time. One likely update will involve adding new countries to the dashboard. Currently, CO2 Calculator is only relevant for people interested in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, or Greece. The original focus on COMPAIR pilot countries limits the sustainability potential. More countries need to be added if the tool is to appeal to the wider user base. To this end, UAEG will add a form for requesting new countries. Technically, this work is not difficult to implement. New countries and languages can be added with relative ease as existing structures and processes allow for an efficient integration. The most challenging and labour intensive task would be finding the right emissions data.
The dashboard is built using proprietary technology, so the code is not available for reuse. The use of the platform itself, however, is more liberal, governed by the open-source CC-BY licence, which means people must attribute UAEG whenever CO2 Calculator results are used in blogs, coursework, social media, printed materials, reports, videos, and so on.
- Greece
- Bulgaria
- Belgium
- Germany
Result submitted to Horizon Results Platform by PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU