Carbon Emissions Tracker

This project is a simple interactive app built using Python and Streamlit to help users estimate their personal carbon footprint from common daily activities like driving, flying, and electricity use.

Features

• Input activity and usage (e.g., distance driven or kWh consumed)
• Calculates CO₂ emissions using UK Government emission factors
• Clean and interactive UI with Streamlit

Technologies Used

• Python
• Streamlit
• Pandas (optional)
• Publicly available emission data

Emission Factors Used

• Driving: 0.21 kg CO₂/km
• Flying: 0.25 kg CO₂/km
• Electricity: 0.233 kg CO₂/kWh (UK average)

To Run the App

1. Install dependencies:

pip install streamlit

2. Run the app:

streamlit run app/main.py

Data Sources

• UK Government GHG Conversion Factors
• Our World in Data

License

Open source under the MIT License.