Carbon Footprint Calculator API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/carbon-footprint-calculator/execute

Estimate an annual personal carbon footprint in tonnes of CO2 from home energy, transportation, and lifestyle, with a per-category breakdown and a comparison to the US average (16 t), the world average (4.7 t), and the Paris target (2 t). Every input is optional and defaults to a typical US household value.

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Request body

application/json

electricity_usage

number optional

Monthly electricity use. kWh when electricity_unit is "kwh", or dollars when "bill" (1 dollar = 8 kWh). Default 900. Default 900.
electricity_unit

string optional

Unit of electricity_usage. One of kwh · bill. Default "kwh".
gas_usage

number optional

Monthly natural gas use. Therms when gas_unit is "therms", or dollars when "bill" (1 dollar = 0.8 therms). Default 50. Default 50.
gas_unit

string optional

Unit of gas_usage. One of therms · bill. Default "therms".
renewable_energy

number optional

Share of electricity from renewable sources, 0-100 percent. Default 0. Default 0.
car_miles

number optional

Miles driven per year. Default 12000. Default 12000.
car_efficiency

number optional

Fuel economy in miles per gallon (ignored for electric). Default 25. Default 25.
car_type

string optional

Vehicle fuel type. One of gasoline · diesel · hybrid · electric. Default "gasoline".
public_transport_miles

number optional

Public transport miles per year. Default 500. Default 500.
flights_short

integer optional

Short flights (< 3 h) per year. Default 2. Default 2.
flights_medium

integer optional

Medium flights (3-6 h) per year. Default 1. Default 1.
flights_long

integer optional

Long flights (> 6 h) per year. Default 0. Default 0.
diet_type

string optional

Diet profile. One of meat_heavy · meat_medium · meat_low · vegetarian · vegan. Default "meat_medium".
food_waste

string optional

Food waste level. One of high · medium · low. Default "medium".
shopping_habits

string optional

Shopping habits. One of frequent · moderate · minimal. Default "moderate".
recycling

string optional

How much household waste is recycled. One of none · some · most · all. Default "some".

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "car_miles": 12000,
  "car_type": "gasoline",
  "diet_type": "meat_medium"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/carbon-footprint-calculator/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "car_miles": 12000,
    "car_type": "gasoline",
    "diet_type": "meat_medium"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/carbon-footprint-calculator/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"car_miles":12000,"car_type":"gasoline","diet_type":"meat_medium"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/carbon-footprint-calculator/execute",
    json={"car_miles":12000,"car_type":"gasoline","diet_type":"meat_medium"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/carbon-footprint-calculator/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"car_miles":12000,"car_type":"gasoline","diet_type":"meat_medium"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call carbon_footprint_calculator from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: carbon-footprint-calculator
MCP name: carbon_footprint_calculator
Category: Calculators
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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