Barbara Rasso's carbon footprint: lodgings

1. Overview
2. Shelter
3. Lodgings

• 82% · 0.17 tons

  Hotels

  The hotels component of your footprint covers emissions from staying in hotels. We're working on letting you add hotel stays to your footprint—for now we assign all Americans an equal share of the total emissions from hotels. Hotels emit greenhouse gases when they burn natural gas and fuel oil for space and water heating. Emissions also come from dirty electricity and air conditioning leaks.

• 11% · 0.02 tons

  Dormitories

  The dormitories component of your footprint covers emissions from staying in dormitories. We're working on letting you add dormitory stays to your footprint—for now we assign all Americans an equal share of total dormitory emissions. Dormitories emit greenhouse gases when they burn natural gas and fuel oil for space and water heating. Emissions also come from dirty electricity and air conditioning leaks.

• 7% · 0.02 tons

  Other lodging emissions

  This tiny number represents the average American's share of emissions from rare lodging types like orphanages and convents.