New Scientist: How much CO2 does the building you live in give off? What about your office? For the most part, mapping urban carbon emissions has been based on broad figures that don't home in on specific buildings or streets. A computer program called Hestia can now record and map carbon emissions with a new level of detail. The US Department of Energy measures energy consumption for each state, and many companies do their own energy usage and emissions assessments, says Kevin Gurney of Arizona State University...
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