Calculate the carbon footprint of your code snippets in real-time!
Features
🌍 Location-Based Calculations: Automatically detects your region and uses local grid carbon intensity
⚡ Real-Time Emissions: Instant CO2 calculations for selected code
📊 Detailed Metrics: Shows CO2 (grams), energy (kWh), and data size
🌱 Sustainable Web Design Model: Uses industry-standard v4 model from The Green Web Foundation
Usage
Select any code snippet in your editor
Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on Mac)
Type "Calculate CO2 for Selected Code"
View your code's environmental impact!
Example Output
🌍 CO₂ Emissions (Coimbatore, India):
- Total CO₂: 0.000147 g
- Grid Intensity: 632.00 gCO₂/kWh
- Energy: 0.00000012 kWh
- Code Size: 256 bytes
- Data Source: Ember Climate (via CO2.js) (2022)
Requirements
Active internet connection for location detection
VS Code 1.106.1 or higher
How It Works
This extension uses:
CO2.js from The Green Web Foundation for carbon calculations
Sustainable Web Design Model v4 for accurate emissions estimation
IP geolocation to determine your region's grid carbon intensity
Ember Climate data for country-specific electricity emissions factors
Privacy
Your IP address is used only to determine your approximate location for grid intensity calculations. No data is stored or transmitted beyond the geolocation API call.
