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Carbon Calculator is a kit to compute the LCA in cropland, developed in the framework of IT-HR GECO2 project.
- download carbonCalculator_WIN64.zip
- unzip files on your local path, for example in C:\carbonCalculator
- data for credits and debts computation can be entered in the CarbonCalculator google form
- you can test the input data for the credits computation with this TEST form
- you can find information about how to fill out the form at the following links:
- when the form is complete you can save the data as csv file at this link TEST edit: 'Risposte' --> 'scarica risposte (.csv)
- put your csv files in the directory carbonCalculator\data
- in the distribution you can found two test input files (testInputCredits.csv and testInputDebts.csv)
- run carbonCalculator\bin\carbonCalculator.exe
- load credits or debts csv files with the File menu
- compute credits or debts with the Run menu
- please insert a name for the output db that identify your area (for example: GECO2_ER.db)
- warning and error messages warn you if any data is wrong
- for each field a synthetic summary is provided: the carbon budget in CO2eq and if the credits satisfy the GECO2 specifications
- the output will be saved in the directory carbonCalculator\data
- output file is a SQLite database, download https://sqlitebrowser.org/ to manage data
- see the table carbon_dynamics in order to assess the detailed calculation of carbon sequestration and emission based on the implemented conservative practices.
- see the table carbon_budget in order to get the field credits and in order to assess the budget at both,hectare and field scale. Budget of aboveground biomass is computed separately and then aggregated to get the carbon credits.
- Antonio Volta avolta@arpae.it
- Fausto Tomei ftomei@arpae.it
CarbonCalculator has been developed in the framework of IT-HR GECO2 project under contract issued by ARPAE Hydro-Meteo-Climate Service, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
The code is released under the GNU GPL-3.0 License