I made the carbon foot print test with my future house, I will have 2025.
All the test, I was not asked about the energy standard of the house, the location and most important, that it will have 44 kW photovoltaic and 140 kWh of sodium batteries for a demand oriented grid feed in. In Salzburg, the system will have 35,000 kWh yearly yield. 8.000 kWh will be my yearly consumption including charging an electric car for 25,000 km a year.
Alone the 27,000 kWh yearly grid feed in are normally calculated with 700 g/kWh, makes 18.9 tons CO2 emissions avoided.
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Dominic R.
i cant unsubscribe even though they…
i cant unsubscribe even though they advertise one click unsubscription but icant
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Roger
Where are the audits of their results?
Is anyone auditing their claims? No? Why not? I'm not donating without some verification of their claims.
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PASCAL
I am skeptical
I am skeptical. I have a very low carbon footprint - at under 3 tons per year - having no car - eating almost no meat - no travel - no airplane - no bus - very low consumption. My carbon footprint was half the Fench average - and even below the world average - and far far below the US average which is about 18 tons/years. Yet my result was given to me as if I was somehow culpable - and just as guilty as the energy hogs that most Americans are. I do NOT like being put in the same category. I should have been given a message of ENCOURAGMENT - but instead your conclusion was very discouraging and very negative. You should really try to give a message of encouragement for those whose average is far below the average of the country they live in - and below the average of the worst of the worst - namely Americans. I resent the fact that I feel as if I need to lower my carbon footprint here in France so that you fat Americans can get even fatter. Consider me unsubscribed and very unhappy with your approach which strikes me as elitist and out of order.
Response from Wren Climate, PBCFeb 23, 2022
Hi Pascal,
I'm sorry you came away from your experience using Wren feeling upset. Our intention is to present your carbon footprint in the context of other people in your country, as well as a few other benchmarks like the world average and U.S. average (as you mentioned).
Beyond that, we try and stay as neutral as possible in the presentation of your carbon footprint.
Our perspective on the individual carbon footprint is this:
For some who are beginning to wrap their minds around the abstract concept of climate change, starting with their footprint as a reference point can be very useful.
However, it is not a perfect tool, and for some who are farther along in their climate journey, focusing on your carbon footprint can be less useful or even unnecessary.
If you are interested in reducing your footprint, we recommend focusing on a specific category (diet and transportation are common places to start), and picking a few lifestyle changes to make that address those areas. We offer some free tools to help users stick with new climate habits and even learn more about other areas of systemic change, like pushing for climate policy.
If you are interested in taking action and funding climate solutions, we recommend the Wren subscription which funds a mix of carbon offset, policy, and conservation projects.
And lastly, if you are confused or frustrated during your onboarding experience, we always have one of our team members on call to answer your questions via live chat :)
- Ben
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Kaiser S.
I call shenanigans...
I call shenanigans...
I live on a pre owned sailboat, harvest 75% of my non vegetarian diet from sustainable sources (which are non game invasive species), use exclusively solar & wind power, purchase clothing second hand, and even desalinate my own drinking water with solar power.
My actual carbon footprint isn't quite zero, but it's substantially closer than is purported by Wren.
Add in the positive environmental impact of targeting invasive plants & animals as food sources and their survey treads into the realm of absurdity.
Response from Wren Climate, PBCOct 22, 2021
Hi Kaiser! I'm sorry you didn't find our carbon calculator useful. While we do account for energy usage (and whether it comes from renewable sources or not), we don't yet have a way to take living on a sailboat into account.
The goal of the calculator is to provide an easy and fun estimate of your footprint, without getting too into the weeds. We use data and research from UC Berkeley and World Bank to power our calculator—if you'd like to learn more or share ideas for new calculator questions, please send us a message at [email protected] :)
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Sergiy
Wren tried to take this review down
Pros:
- great documentation of projects and how funds are distributed
- based on scientific evidence
- easy to sign-up
Cons:
- you get bombarded with emails asking to spend more even if you choose the most expensive plan (Climate Hero)
- the company is for-profit, which makes it hard to deduct my contributions from taxes and to participate in donation match programs (e.g. from my employer) that would further increase my impact
- (update) Wren has tried to take this review down by claiming that I have not had genuine experience with them. I have provided documentation proving otherwise to Trustpilot, but many would be too lazy to do so, so no wonder they only have great reviews on this site. Reducing my rating to 1 star.
Response from Wren Climate, PBCSep 15, 2021
Hi Sergiy! Thanks for leaving us a review. As is customary when receiving a complaint, we requested more information about your experience. We did not hear back, and are unable to verify what email your account is under, and what messages you received. Could you please send an email to [email protected] with the information you provided TrustPilot so we can investigate?
In terms of emails, we have a cap in place to ensure no user receives more than a few per week. For new paying members, we send a few welcome messages to get you caught up on the Wren platform and how your money will be spent.
We also provide an option at the bottom of each email to unsubscribe or tailor what types of emails you'd like. For example, you can choose to *only* receive project updates as a member, or sign up for new emails related to reducing your footprint :)
And on the topic of our status as a Benefit Corporation (rather than a traditional non-profit), I recommend visiting our FAQ, where we talk about this in-depth:
https://www.wren.co/faq#business-structure
Thanks,
Ben
