A hot shower: carbon footprint
🌿Carbonle#2 of 7
🚿Carbon footprintA hot shower
0.31kg CO₂e
electric, 10 min, ~1.5 kWh
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A hot shower comes in at about 0.31 kg CO₂e (electric, 10 min, ~1.5 kWh).
Of the 7 home-energy actions Carbonle tracks, A hot shower sits at #2 from the lightest — one of the lightest.
Most home energy is heat. One winter of heating dwarfs a year of small appliances.
About 0.31 kg CO₂e — electric, 10 min, ~1.5 kWh.
Compare with
Figures from DEFRA 2024: UK electricity 0.207 kg/kWh × 1.5 kWh, licensed OGL v3.0.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.