Conklin & de Decker Adds CO2 Calculator

May 12, 2009
This simple, easy-to-use Microsoft Excel based calculator provides estimated carbon offset costs by aircraft make and model.

Orleans, MA – May 2009 -- Conklin & de Decker announces they have developed a new CO2 Calculator for business aviation aircraft. This simple, easy-to-use Microsoft® Excel® based calculator provides estimated carbon offset costs by aircraft make and model. The CO2 Calculator allows the user to select the aircraft type, make and model, hours flown per year and then populates fuel consumption while providing CO2 emissions and offset costs per year. It also breaks down the annual CO2 offset by hour, trip and seat. This data is calculated for over 350 business jets, turboprops, helicopters, and piston airplanes.

In addition, the Conklin & de Decker Aircraft Cost Evaluator and Life Cycle Cost products feature a CO2 emissions cost per hour calculation.

The European Union (EU) has already adopted legislation that will require carbon offset payments beginning in 2012. While currently voluntary in the United States, the "carbon cap and trade" plan that is included in the proposed 2010 Budget could make payment for carbon offset costs mandatory. Thus, the logical question of how much will this cost the average aircraft operator is something Conklin & de Decker addresses with its new CO2 Calculator.

The cost of carbon offsets range from about $15 to about $40 per metric tonne of CO2 and average about $20 per metric tonne. “The impact of these offsets on the cost of operation for an aircraft is relatively small - averaging about $0.20 per gallon,” stated Bill de Decker, President of Conklin & de Decker. “Thus, for a business jet flying 400 hours per year, our newly developed CO2 Calculator shows that the total annual cost of buying carbon offsets will range from $10,000 for a small CJ1 class aircraft to $35,000 for a G550 type aircraft”, added de Decker.

For the beta version of the CO2 Calculator please go to our Members Only area at www.conklindd.com/members.To order the Aircraft Cost Evaluator or Life Cycle Cost, please contact Conklin & de Decker at +1-508-255-5975 or go to our website at www.conklindd.com.