A greener home

One month of home energy–1 ton

A greener home

Your home is where the small steps make a huge difference. Recycling, using CFL’s, buying energy-star appliances, and washing clothes in cold water can actually cut tons out of your home footprint (and dollars out of your utility bills!) The average American home’s energy use produces about a ton of greenhouse gases each month. When you buy Offsets by Brighter Planet, you’ll be helping communities across the US install clean, renewable energy for their homes, schools and farms. We all wish we could run our homes on solar and wind power — here’s a way to help feasible projects come to life!

How do we calculate your home’s emissions?

The US Energy Information Association publishes statistics on home energy use, including heating, cooling, and electricity consumption. We take the total emissions from the energy used by all homes in the US and divide it by the number of households. The result is about 12.5 tons each year, or a about a ton each month.

Purchase

Offsets for 1 month of home energy use: $14.00

What you get

When you choose to buy offsets from Brighter Planet, you join a community of green Americans doing their part for the planet. Your purchase includes:

Top-quality offsets from the exclusive Brighter Planet blend
Access to meaningful personal actions that match your lifestyle
An online climate profile that allows you to manage the offsets you’ve purchased and earned and track your progress as you go beyond carbon neutrality
A beautiful certificate for you to print and display

See a sample certificate