Patent ID: 8452573

Claim:
An emission estimation apparatus including a memory and a processor running a program configured to perform a method of calculating an estimated amount of total carbon generated during a life span of a structure, the method including the steps of: displaying, on a display unit, a graphical user interface stored in the memory of the apparatus which is configured to gather information pertaining to the structure; receiving, by the processor, structural information from the graphical user interface into the memory of the apparatus which includes information pertaining to the size and types of material used in the structure; calculating, an estimated amount of carbon generated from each type of material used to construct the structure and an estimated amount of carbon generated from a labor force used to construct the structure, based on the structural information received by the processor; estimating, by the processor, a type of repair material and an amount of repair material and a repair labor force required to the structure after a destructive event occurs based on a calculated probability that the destructive event of a certain magnitude will occur; determining an estimated amount of carbon, generated as a result of the type of repair material, the amount of repair material, and the repair labor force required to repair the structure after the destructive event occurs; and displaying, on the display unit, the estimated total amount of carbon emitted due to construction and repair of the structure.