House emissions

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We all know the emissions of our cars, those of us in the UK are reminded every time we open our vehicle registration documents, or when our annual bill arrives to pay our road tax based on our cars C02 emissions (free for low emissions) For others, C02 figures are easily obtained with fuel usage numbers.

But what about our houses? How many people know the C02 emissions of their homes? How many people care? Most of us don't even think about the pollution from the energy production when we switch our lights on, or turn the heating up do we? How do they compare to our cars?

Well for interest and comparison sakes, the C02 emissions that my house was responsible for last year were roughly 2.35 tonnes (or 8059 KWH of energy)

My car produced roughly 2.43 tonnes of C02, so in fact the carbon dioxide emissions are surprisingly similar! This year however my energy usage is down 28%, so I should see a benefit. I thought my house would have a larger carbon footprint than my car, but I was wrong.

Anyone else care to compare or discuss?