Virtual Look-See visits reduce carbon emissions.
We've often talked about how Look-See visits can be made more efficient by combining them with a virtual tour. We've also highlighted how much money can be saved by switching to virtual tours and reducing or eliminating entirely Look-See visits. But we haven't paid much attention to the reduction of carbon emissions that can be achieved by cutting back on these expensive, time consuming visits.
So we did some calculations with the help of ClimateCare - an organisation that has been trying to tackle climate change since 1997. ClimateCare happens to be based just down the road from us in Oxford, UK and using their Carbon Calculator we estimated how much carbon an individual emits on a typical Look-See visit. The findings illustrate how useful virtual tours like LookseeCity can be in reducing a carbon footprint, without the need for offsetting - while also saving costs.
Here are four examples for a 5 night trip for a single person:
Examples of CO2 Emissions for LookSee trips.
LONDON – SINGAPORE | tonnes of CO2e |
Flight Economy (return) | 13.04 |
Flight Business (return) | 37.82 |
Hotel Standard (5 nights) | 1.46 |
Hotel Luxury (5 nights) | 2.30 |
Taxi 100 km (25 journeys) | 0.38 |
Totals | |
Standard/Economy | 14.88 |
Business/Luxury | 40.5 |
CHICAGO – RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA) | |
Flight Economy (return) | 13.46 |
Flight Business (return) | 39.02 |
Hotel Standard (5 nights) | 1.51 |
Hotel Luxury (5 nights) | 2.37 |
Taxi 100 km (25 journeys) | 0.38 |
Totals | |
Standard/Economy | 15.35 |
Business/Luxury | 41.77 |
NEW YORK – HONG KONG | |
Flight Economy (return) | 15.54 |
Flight Business (return) | 45.08 |
Hotel Standard (5 nights) | 1.59 |
Hotel Luxury (5 nights) | 2.48 |
Taxi 100 km (25 journeys) | 0.38 |
Totals | |
Standard/Economy | 17.32 |
Business/Luxury | 47.94 |
ATLANTA – JOHANNESBURG | |
Flight Economy (return) | 8.14 |
Flight Business (return) | 23.6 |
Hotel Standard (5 nights) | 0.80 |
Hotel Luxury (5 nights) | 1.24 |
Taxi 100 km (25 journeys) | 0.38 |
Totals | |
Standard/Economy | 9.32 |
Business/Luxury | 25.22 |
Source: ClimateCare Carbon Calculator. https://www.climatecare.org/calculator