Individuals
A life, itemized.
Carbon accounting for individuals: calculate your greenhouse gas emissions, keep a report, and see which changes reduce carbon most.
A personal account, not a quiz.
Most personal footprints end in a single number and a shrug. Vert keeps the working. Home energy, travel, commuting, and the purchases you can actually describe go in as activity. Published emission factors turn that activity into greenhouse gas emissions.
You choose the year. You can see which category dominates, and you can see the factor that was used. When the next year begins, the same categories are waiting, so the two accounts can be read side by side.
What you can include
The parts of a life that move the total.
A personal boundary is smaller than a company’s, and it should be just as explicit. Vert is built for the activities that usually decide a household inventory.
- 01Home energy — electricity, heating, and cooking fuel
- 02Travel — flights and longer journeys, with distance rather than a guess
- 03Commuting — the pattern of an ordinary week
- 04Purchasing — goods and services you can evidence, not a vague lifestyle score
- 05Waste — where it changes the result enough to matter
The personal report
One year, written down.
The report gives you the total, the categories, the factors, and a short list of reductions ordered by estimated effect. It is yours to keep. It is specific enough to show someone else without a speech.
Suggestions stay tied to a line in the account. If flights dominate, the list says so. If home energy dominates, it says that instead. A generic tip does not survive contact with the numbers.
Questions
For a first personal account.
What does a personal carbon account include?
Home energy, travel, commuting, purchasing you can evidence, and waste where it changes the result. You set the year. The report shows the total, the categories, the factors, and the reductions that follow.
How is this different from a footprint quiz?
A quiz hides the working and hands you one number. A Vert account keeps the activity and the emission factor next to the result, and uses the same categories again next year.
Can I compare one year with the next?
Yes. The personal report is built to be repeated. When the total changes, you can see which category moved.