This particular CRed project is designed to model carbon emissions within a glass box model of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  In order to carry this out, data was collected from the different sectors of Chapel Hill's infrastructure.  Once enough parameters were identified and assigned numerical values, they were entered into STELLA, an emissions modeling software originally designed by chemists to predict the complicated results of intricate chemical reactions.

    The focus of our project involves trying to figure out how to keep Chapel Hill's atmospheric carbon concentration below a certain threshold value.  In this case, as was outlined by the original CRed project in Cambridge, England, that threshold value is a doubling of the pre-industrial levels of Carbon in the atmosphere.  This means that emissions must be cut by 60% of their current values.

    As we hope will be made clear by the information included here, Carbon comes from a multitude of sources, and at current growth levels, containing its increase will be a difficult task.  However, we have tried to include an unbiased assessment of options for reducing these emissions in the future, so as to protect the health of our community, our state, and ultimately, our global society.