Austin Energy Now Offers Carbon Calculator

Austin Energy is now offering a carbon footprint calculator on their website http://coolaustin.org/co2_footprint.htm. This free carbon calculator can add up all of the carbon emissions that are a direct result of your actions, from driving, eating, using energy at home, garbage waste, etc.

City officials hope that the calculator will make residents more aware of their energy consumption and take action to change their daily habits in an effort to conserve energy. Reducing overall energy consumption, especially during peak demand hours, will help keep electricity rates low and remove the need to build new power plants to keep up with the growing population.