Personal Carbon

mytreefrog.com has been created to enable you to make every effort to reduce and offset your CO2 emissions, using the highest quality carbon credits we can obtain.

As a starting point, we have targeted the 3 main producers of CO2 in our private and business lives.

In short, our homes or business premises, our cars and our travel behaviour.

To assist in our goal of helping you move towards carbon neutrality, we will wrap a world class carbon credit equal to 1 tonne of CO2 emission, (or part of) around the product or service you obtain from us.

For example if you switch your gas or electricity supplier (preferably both) with us, you will benefit from knowing that your decision has led to a part of the Brazilian rainforest being maintained, thereby protecting that invaluable environment and its carbon storing qualities.

All you need to do is switch or purchase from our product partners and once we are informed by them that the transaction is complete and any cooling down period has elapsed, we will email you a user name and pass word to the Members Area of the site where we will deposit and display your credit for you. Your Carbon Account will have been opened for you automatically to allow you track your progress to carbon neutrality. Or open your account now!

But the big question is, how much CO2 am I, my family or business, responsible for?

Don’t get too bogged down on this measure as it is difficult to be scientific due to the amount of variables in every day life. Use our on line calculator or work to the averages below based on the big issues in your life such as running your home and car, and if you are still concerned about the accuracy add a tonne to your overall calculation for good measure.

To calculate your Carbon Footprint relevant to our current product range, please use our free, fast and intuitive Carbon Calculator and open a Carbon Account or use the ready reckoner below.

 


Simple Carbon Ready Reckoner

 

Emission source

Description

Average Tonnes

My Home

The figures presented are for quick calculation and are estimates only based on gas and electricity costs on a 50%/50% basis pa. 

 

 

  • £400 PA
  • £600 PA
  • £800 PA
  • £1000 PA
  • £1500 PA

Add 0.5 Tonne for each additional £100 of bill PA above £1500 PA

 

2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
7.5

My Car

Figures are based on vehicles built from 2007 and are average values taken from makers such as BMW, VW, Land Rover, Lexus as examples.

 

  • Up to 1400cc
  • 1500cc - 1800cc
  • 2000cc +
  • 2500cc
  • 2.7 cc 4X4

Values are based on 10K miles PA and represent the top end of the emission ratings.

 

2.7
3.2
4.0
4.5
7.0

My Travel

The emissions for air travel vary depending on the class of ticket purchased, as such we have gone for averages between premium economy and business class where applicable.

1 Short haul return flight
Short haul being a flight up to 3 hours in length one way

1 Medium haul return
Medium haul being a flight between 3 & 6 hours one way

1 Long haul return
Long haul being a flight greater than 6 hours one way

 

0.5 tonne per person (rounded up)
e.g Paris

3 tonne per person (rounded up)
e.g Dubai

8 tonne per person (rounded down)
e.g. Sydney Australia