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Carbon footprint analysis tool for structures

  • US 8,452,573 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2010
  • Issued: 05/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An emission estimation apparatus including a memory and a processor running a program configured to perform a method of calculating an estimated amount of total carbon generated during a life span of a structure, the method including the steps of:

  • displaying, on a display unit, a graphical user interface stored in the memory of the apparatus which is configured to gather information pertaining to the structure;

    receiving, by the processor, structural information from the graphical user interface into the memory of the apparatus which includes information pertaining to the size and types of material used in the structure;

    calculating, an estimated amount of carbon generated from each type of material used to construct the structure and an estimated amount of carbon generated from a labor force used to construct the structure, based on the structural information received by the processor;

    estimating, by the processor, a type of repair material and an amount of repair material and a repair labor force required to the structure after a destructive event occurs based on a calculated probability that the destructive event of a certain magnitude will occur;

    determining an estimated amount of carbon, generated as a result of the type of repair material, the amount of repair material, and the repair labor force required to repair the structure after the destructive event occurs; and

    displaying, on the display unit, the estimated total amount of carbon emitted due to construction and repair of the structure.

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