That's how your carbon footprint is generated. So you can start reducing it.
Find out how much your daily activities pollute and what you can do to consume energy in a more environmentally-friendly way.
This is the carbon dioxide generated by your most common actions
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Watching TV
Generates 35 kg of CO2 a year. -
Send an email
Generates 4 gm of carbon dioxide. -
Import an avocado
Generates 80 gm of carbon dioxide. -
A flight from Bilbao to Tokyo
Generates 2,000 kg of carbon dioxide. -
Playing video games
Generates 20 kg of carbon dioxide per year -
Growing 1 kilo of greenhouse tomatoes
Generates 9 kg of carbon dioxide -
An olive tree
It absorbs 570 kg of carbon to live. -
Showering daily
Generates 109 kg of carbon dioxide per year. -
1 kg of unrecycled trash
Generates 700 gm of carbon dioxide. -
Cooking in an oven
Generates 400gm of carbon an hour. -
Driving 1km
Generates 121g of carbon. -
A pair of imported jeans
Generates 6 kg of carbon dioxide. -
1 kg of red meat
Generates 4kg of carbon. -
Transporting a banana by ship
Generates 80 g of carbon dioxide. -
Traveling 1 km by bus
Generates 40 g of carbon dioxide. -
Traveling 1 km by train
Generates 23 g of carbon dioxide. -
An oak tree
Absorbs 5,000 kg of carbon dioxide to live. -
Sleeping in a hotel
Generates 3 kg of carbon dioxide per night. -
Manufacturing a necklace
Emits 400 kg of carbon.
So you can reduce your energy consumption in your day-to-day life
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Sign up for an ecological rate
You could reduce your emissions without spending more. -
Keep a comfortable temperature at home
You could save 8% on your bill for every degree change. -
Travel on public transportation on a daily basis
You could reduce your emissions by 65% to 75%. -
Consume electricity during hours with the lowest price
You could save on your bill while using energy more responsibly. -
Not leaving electronic devices in standby mode
You would save 7% on your electricity bill.
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Choosing the most efficient method of transport
You would make your mobility more sustainable. -
Review your electricity contract
You could save up to €50 for every kw less. -
Setting the temperature of the refrigerator
You could save 5% energy for every additional degree. -
Consume local, seasonal products
You would make your food consumption more sustainable. -
Replace your boiler with a biomass boiler
You would reduce your energy consumption by up to 40%. -
Improving use of the washing machine and dishwasher
You could make your water and energy consumption more sustainable. -
Optimizing water consumption
You would reduce the expense by up to 50%. -
Installing an air source heat pump or geothermal heating system
You could reduce your emissions and consume sustainably. -
Optimizing your use of heating
You could reduce emissions and save on your bills. -
Choose minimally packaged products
You could reduce the waste generated by your home. -
Using energy-saving mode on your devices
You could save up to 40% on electricity expenditure. -
Use reusable or biodegradable products
You could lower the environmental impact of your consumption. -
Recycling waste properly
You could make recycling more efficient. -
Avoid requesting unnecessary paper receipts
You could reduce emissions by up to 1 kg a year.
In order to determine your environmental impact, BBVA has created the first personal carbon footprint calculator
All BBVA customers who wish to do so can now find out how much polluting emissions they generate thanks to the analysis we can do of their electricity, gas and fuel consumption.
And, most importantly, what they can do to save on their bills and reduce their impact on nature.
In order to calculate their carbon footprint, each customer must give their consent to BBVA to process their personal data in more detail in order to offer them solutions that can help them better manage their finances.