FINDALOCUM - REMOTE SESSION CARBON ESTIMATE SHEET
Version: 1.0 | Prepared: 9 October 2026
Accompanying guides:
https://findalocum.co.uk/blog/remote-locum-cover-carbon-footprint/
https://findalocum.co.uk/blog/remote-gp-locum-carbon-footprint/

Use one sheet per locum per reporting period. It estimates the travel
emissions a remote session avoids, net of home working. It is a reporting
aid, not a certified carbon calculation, and it makes no claim of carbon
neutrality. This sheet does not confirm a booking.
Keep patient-identifiable information out of this file.

Sheet owner:
Status (draft / checked / reported):
Practice or PCN:
Locum (name or reference):
Reporting period:

1. FACTORS USED - CHECK THE CURRENT YEAR ON GOV.UK
Conversion factor year:
Car factor C (kg CO2e per km)            2026 average car, unknown fuel: 0.16591
Home working factor W (kg CO2e per hour) 2026 office equipment + heating: 0.32393
If the locum's usual journey is not by car, record the mode and the matching
factor from the same government set, or record zero for walking or cycling.

2. THE JOURNEY THE REMOTE SESSION REPLACES (ASK THE LOCUM)
Usual mode of travel to this practice:
Usual round trip in km (R):
Confirmed by the locum on (date):

3. SESSIONS
Date | Hours worked remotely (H) | Round trip avoided R (km) | Status
     |                           |                           |
     |                           |                           |
     |                           |                           |

4. ARITHMETIC - USE A CALCULATOR WITH YOUR OWN FIGURES
For each session:
Travel avoided  = R x C
Home working    = H x W
Net estimate    = (R x C) - (H x W)
A negative result means the remote session produced more than it saved.
Total for the period = sum of the net estimates.
Break-even guide with the 2026 factors, by average car:
8-hour day about 16 km round trip; 4-hour session about 8 km round trip.

RESULT
Total travel avoided (kg CO2e):
Total home working (kg CO2e):
Net estimate for the period (kg CO2e):

5. HOW TO DESCRIBE IT
Report the figure as an estimate of travel emissions avoided, with the factor
year and this method. Do not describe remote sessions as carbon neutral or
carbon positive.

Official sources linked by the accompanying guides; check their current guidance:
GOV.UK - greenhouse gas reporting conversion factors 2026:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2026
GOV.UK - Green claims code:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-claims-code-making-environmental-claims