#sustainability

Composting maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the three numbers that decide whether a pile heats up and breaks down or sits there cold and smelly. The cn-ratio endpoint blends a mix to its carbon-to-nitrogen ratio: pass each material by weight with its dry-weight %C and %N as parallel comma-separated lists and it returns the total carbon and nitrogen masses and the blended C:N, with an assessment against the ideal 25–35:1 — ten parts dry leaves (50 %C, 1 %N) with ten parts grass clippings (45 %C, 2.5 %N) comes out at a near-perfect 27:1. The moisture endpoint works out the water to add to reach a target moisture (the pile should be a wrung-out-sponge 50–60 %): from the current mass and moisture it holds the dry matter constant, so 100 kg at 30 % needs about 56 kg of water to reach 55 %, and it flags a too-wet pile that needs drying instead. The mix endpoint gives the brown:green weight ratio to hit a target C:N from two materials' %C and %N — leaves and grass at a target 30:1 want about 1.5 parts browns to 1 part greens. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for gardening and composting apps, master-composter and allotment tools, regenerative-ag and soil-health sites, and waste-diversion calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints. For material volume use a mulch API; for NPK application rates use a fertilizer API.

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Rainwater-harvesting maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The harvest endpoint works out how much water a roof collects from a given rainfall — from the catchment (roof plan) area, the rainfall depth and a runoff coefficient it returns the harvested volume in litres, US and UK gallons and cubic metres, using the identity that 1 mm of rain over 1 m² collects 1 litre before losses. The runoff coefficient can be given directly or looked up from the roof type (smooth metal collects the most at ~0.9, green roofs the least at ~0.3). The demand endpoint sizes a storage tank from a daily demand (given directly or as people × litres per person) and the length of the dry spell you want to cover, and — if you also pass the annual rainfall and roof area — checks whether a year of harvest can meet a year of demand. The firstflush endpoint sizes a first-flush diverter, the volume of dirty initial rain to discard. Areas accept square metres or square feet (or length × width), rainfall accepts millimetres, centimetres or inches. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for sustainability and off-grid apps, plumbing and landscaping tools, smart-home water systems, and construction planners. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 4 endpoints. This is rainwater catchment maths; for roof pitch and area geometry use a roofing API and for general construction material quantities use a construction API.

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Long-term climate projections as an API — daily, downscaled output from high-resolution CMIP6 global climate models for any location on Earth, from 1950 all the way to 2050. See how temperature, precipitation, wind and humidity are projected to change under a warming climate: get the daily projection over any date range (choose your variables and climate model), or per-year aggregates — annual mean temperature and total precipitation — that reveal the warming trend at a place over the coming decades. Seven HighResMIP models are available (EC_Earth3P_HR, MPI_ESM1_2_XR, MRI_AGCM3_2_S, CMCC_CM2_VHR4 and more). From planning and agriculture to risk assessment, sustainability and climate research, it turns climate-model data into a simple coordinate-in, projection-out call. A climate-projection resource — distinct from real-time weather forecasts, historical weather observations and Köppen climate classification. Open data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), based on the CMIP6 HighResMIP ensemble.

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Independent greenhouse-gas emissions data as an API — powered by Climate TRACE, the coalition (backed by Al Gore) that monitors global emissions from satellites, sensors and AI rather than self-reported figures. Get any country's emissions for a given year — CO2, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) in tonnes, plus CO2-equivalent over 100- and 20-year horizons — together with the country's global emissions rank and its share of total world emissions; pass several countries at once to compare them side by side. List the full set of sectors, subsectors and gases that Climate TRACE tracks (power, transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, fossil-fuel operations, waste and more). From China and the United States to any nation on Earth, with data from 2015 onward, it is ideal for climate, ESG, sustainability, policy, journalism and research applications. An independent emissions-inventory data source — distinct from electricity-grid carbon intensity, activity footprint calculators and climate classification. Open data from Climate TRACE (CC BY 4.0).

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Great Britain\x27s electricity grid carbon intensity as an API, from the official National Grid ESO Carbon Intensity service. Get the live national carbon intensity in grams of CO2 per kWh with its index (very low to very high), the current generation mix showing exactly how much of the grid is gas, wind, solar, nuclear, biomass, hydro, coal and imports right now (with the renewable and zero-carbon percentages worked out for you), today\x27s half-hourly intensity timeline, the carbon intensity of all 18 GB regions, the intensity and fuel mix for any UK postcode, and the gCO2/kWh emission factor of each fuel type. This is exactly the data you need to shift EV charging, heat pumps, laundry and batteries to the greenest, cheapest half-hours. Perfect for smart-home and energy apps, EV-charging schedulers, sustainability dashboards, carbon-aware computing and climate tools. Covers Great Britain. No accounts, no upstream key.

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Estimate CO2e emissions for everyday activities using the official DEFRA 2023 GHG conversion factors: road and rail travel (per kilometre by vehicle type, split across passengers), flights (by airport IATA pair with great-circle distance, or by distance, across cabin classes and round trips), grid electricity (by kilowatt-hour and country carbon intensity) and direct fuel combustion (by litres and fuel type). A factors endpoint exposes every emission factor, supported vehicle and fuel type, and the country grid-intensity table. Each result returns CO2e in kilograms, tonnes and grams. Every endpoint accepts input via the query string or the request body and returns lean JSON. Pure server-side compute (no third-party upstream), so responses are instant and always available. Ideal for travel and booking flows, sustainability dashboards, ESG and Scope-3 reporting, and carbon-aware product features.

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