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Environmental Insights Explorer
Google's free data tool for measuring and cutting city emissions
Addresses
Climate Data
- Cost
- Free to use
- Proprietary-Free
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Language
- —
- Updated
- 2024
You provide
- City or region selection
You get
- Building and transportation emissions estimates
- Rooftop solar potential
- Tree canopy coverage
Overview
Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) is a free tool from Google that helps cities and regions measure emissions sources and identify reduction strategies using Google’s exclusive datasets and modelling. It estimates building and transport emissions, rooftop solar potential, and tree canopy for thousands of places.
Key features
- Building emissions modelled from heating, cooling, and powering residential and non-residential structures
- Transportation emissions estimated for trips starting or ending in the city
- Rooftop solar and tree-canopy analyses to prioritise interventions
Who it’s for
Urban planners, sustainability officers, and local-government decision-makers leading city climate action.
Getting started
Search for your city at insights.sustainability.google to view available data.