A tool designed for individual footprints
The Nos Gestes Climat calculator assesses your personal carbon footprint, not that of your entire household. The aim is to **reduce **the main emissions generated by your lifestyle to an individual level.
This allows you to become aware **of your own contribution to climate change **and to identify concrete actions that you can take as an individual.
Questions that take communal living into account
Some questions may be confusing because they take into account the family or collective context. For example:
- How many people live in your home?
- How many passengers are there on average in your car?
These factors make it possible to **divide certain shared emissions **(such as heating or car journeys) between the different members of the household.
So even if you live with others, the test seeks to **isolate your share of overall emissions **based on your actual contribution.
Shared or personal property: how is it accounted for?
In a home, there are assets that are used:
- **Shared **(e.g. television, oven, Wi-Fi, heating)
- **Individually **(e.g. computer, smartphone, clothing)
The calculator has made **standard assumptions **to simplify the calculation:
| Good or service | Accounting |
| --- | --- |
| Television | Shared (impact divided) |
| Personal computer | Individual |
| Home heating | Distributed according to number of inhabitants |
| Car | Distributed according to number of passengers |
These choices allow you to obtain a result that is more accurate to your situation, even if it can never be 100% exact.
What if my situation is different?
As every household is unique, you may find that certain items appear to be **more or less shared **in your personal situation. Don't worry!
- These differences have little impact on the final total
- Arbitrary items (TV, tools, etc.) **have very little impact **on the overall footprint.
- The important thing is to have a realistic order of magnitude
The calculator is intended for **educational purposes **and does not aim for scientific accuracy down to the last gram.
Conclusion – An individualised footprint, even when living in a group
Even if you live with your family or in a shared flat, the carbon footprint displayed is yours. Thanks to an adapted methodology, the test distributes emissions in a consistent manner to **represent your personal impact **within your collective environment.
To go further:
https://www.ge.ch/document/plan-actions-2025-2030-du-plan-climat-cantonal-2030
https://www.ge.ch/document/liens-utiles-guide-consommation-responsable