CALCUlator
Our Mission
To create a more sustainable future by helping City Planners and Chief Sustainability Officers understand the amount of natural carbon absorption lost from developing over vegetated land, and the cost to replenish that natural carbon absorption to achieve Net Zero Carbon.
The motivation for our project came from the Earth Engine organization at Google. This org owns Google Earth Engine, Environmental Insights Explorer, Earth Desktop and Web, as well as MyMaps. They work with partners around the world, including but not limited to the World Resource Institute (WRI), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), and multiple government and native communities. With these products, data scientists and politicians are doing incredible things, including habitat protection and restoration, sustainable city planning, carbon accounting, and much more.
Motivation
Product Capabilities
CALCUlator - Carbon Absorption Loss from Continued Urbanization
Land Selection
Use the land selection tool to select a specific area to analyze for carbon absorption loss. No matter what you choose, we'll take those polygon coordinates to analyze the vegetation within that selected area.
Carbon Absorption Predictor
We Google Earth Engine (GEE) data and Random Forest regression techniques to predict the carbon absorption for your selected area in the contiguous United States.
Calculator
If you are planning to develop over that vegetated land, we will calculate the costs to offset that natural carbon absorption. These costs can be used for your decision making and budgetary planning purposes.
Team
University of California Berkeley - MIDS 2022
We are a carbon conscious team, working on creative solutions to create a more sustainable future.
