An Empirical Findings of the Carbon Footprint of Erbil City Residences

Erbil is the capital city of Kurdistan Province whichhas experienced recently an expansive urban development andsudden population growth due to the mass movement of thedisplaced people from the nearby troubled zones and ruralemigration. In this paper, A face to face data were collected for 72questions, informative results have been tabulated in charts andtables. The acquired results were reached to depict the energyusage, the recycling, monthly expenditures, transportations, food,electricity and water consumptions, energy for cooking, allocatedlandscape, heating sources, lighting and their responses toalternative energy usage. Different models for measuringsustainability have been adopted to measure the degree ofsustainability in terms of CO2 emission, and carbon footprint formany residences. An overall measured carbon footprint for Erbilcity is almost double the world average and of Iraq. On the otherhand, the CO2 emission is almost double of Iraq and the world.The contributions of items that led to this increase are categorizedin tables and charts. Those results can be used as guide lines forlimiting the lifestyles in Erbil city. Conclusive remarks and futuresuggestions have been drawn accordingly to achieve sustainableguidelines to be implemented in future by the local authorities andplanners