Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for measuring vehicle carbon footprint
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- calculating miles traveled by a plurality of vehicles along a predefined route;
calculating a fuel usage of the vehicles for traveling along the route to obtain one or more fuel values;
analyzing data indicating the miles traveled and the fuel values to determine fuel efficiency values corresponding to the vehicles traveling the route;
determining, via a processor, an estimate of an amount of carbon emissions for each of the vehicles based in part on applying at least one carbon emission value to respective fuel values associated with corresponding determined fuel efficiency values; and
receiving an indication, from a device, of at least one carbon offset determined based in part on a total carbon emissions estimate of each of the vehicles, that traveled the route during a predetermined time period, in response to sending the total carbon emissions estimate to the device, the carbon offset denotes whether the total carbon emissions estimate exceeds an acceptable level of carbon emissions.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for determining carbon emissions of one or more vehicles. For instance, in one example embodiment, an apparatus may calculate miles traveled by the vehicles along a predefined route and may calculate a fuel usage of the vehicles for traveling along the route to obtain one or more fuel values. The apparatus may also analyze data indicating the miles traveled and the fuel values to determine fuel efficiency values corresponding to the vehicles traveling the route. The apparatus may also determine an estimate of an amount of carbon emissions for each of the vehicles based in part on applying at least one carbon emission value to respective fuel values associated with corresponding determined fuel efficiency values.
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1. A method comprising:
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calculating miles traveled by a plurality of vehicles along a predefined route; calculating a fuel usage of the vehicles for traveling along the route to obtain one or more fuel values; analyzing data indicating the miles traveled and the fuel values to determine fuel efficiency values corresponding to the vehicles traveling the route; determining, via a processor, an estimate of an amount of carbon emissions for each of the vehicles based in part on applying at least one carbon emission value to respective fuel values associated with corresponding determined fuel efficiency values; and receiving an indication, from a device, of at least one carbon offset determined based in part on a total carbon emissions estimate of each of the vehicles, that traveled the route during a predetermined time period, in response to sending the total carbon emissions estimate to the device, the carbon offset denotes whether the total carbon emissions estimate exceeds an acceptable level of carbon emissions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26)
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12. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to:
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calculate miles traveled by a plurality of vehicles along a predefined route; calculate a fuel usage of the vehicles for traveling along the route to obtain one or more fuel values; analyze data indicating the miles traveled and the fuel values to determine fuel efficiency values corresponding to the vehicles traveling the route; determine an estimate of an amount of carbon emissions for each of the vehicles based in part on applying at least one carbon emission value to respective fuel values associated with corresponding determined fuel efficiency values; and receive an indication, from a device, of at least one carbon offset determined based in part on a total carbon emissions estimate of each of the vehicles, that traveled the route during a predetermined time period, in response to sending the total carbon emissions estimate to the device, the carbon offset denotes whether the total carbon emissions estimate exceeds an acceptable level of carbon emissions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27)
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23. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:
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program code instructions configured to calculate miles traveled by a plurality of vehicles along a predefined route; program code instructions configured to calculate a fuel usage of the vehicles for traveling along the route to obtain one or more fuel values; program code instructions configured to analyze data indicating the miles traveled and the fuel values to determine fuel efficiency values corresponding to the vehicles traveling the route; program code instructions configured to determine an estimate of an amount of carbon emissions for each of the vehicles based in part on applying at least one carbon emission value to respective fuel values associated with corresponding fuel efficiency values; and program code instructions configured to cause receipt of an indication, from a device, of at least one carbon offset determined based in part on a total carbon emissions estimate of each of the vehicles, that traveled the route during a predetermined time period, in response to sending the total carbon emissions estimate to the device, the carbon offset denotes whether the total carbon emissions estimate exceeds an acceptable level of carbon emissions. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 28)
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