Empowering cities with data and insights for a carbon-free future.

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70% of global emissions come from urban areas,¹ but many communities don’t have the data or technology to make meaningful progress on their climate commitments.

BUILD A RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

With Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE), Google is helping cities and local governments across the globe analyze emissions data and identify strategies for climate action.

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building emissions

Google Maps data can estimate how much energy buildings use, along with their emissions.

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TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS

Anonymized location history can be used to measure annual transit activity and infer traffic modes.

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SOLAR POTENTIAL

High-resolution imagery and AI helps accurately estimate rooftop solar potential at the building level.

CURRENT LABS & EXPERIMENTS

We're always exploring new ways to support cities as they plan and measure their environmental efforts.

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AIR QUALITY BETA

Street View cars capture hyperlocal air quality measurements on roads around the world.

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Tree Canopy BETA

Piloting the use of aerial imagery to map tree canopy coverage and improve urban ecosystems.

Carbon accounting experts, software engineers, and data specialists across Google built EIE to help make the process of establishing an emissions baseline for your city straightforward and actionable.

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Data & Methodology

EIE’s core insights are estimates based on actual activity and infrastructure. Using advanced machine learning, we apply regional scaling, efficiency and emissions factors to create rich inventories and robust data analytics that are freely available to cities and local governments.

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EIE technology

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Frequently asked questions

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PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CITY INSIGHTS

Get the insights you need to realize your city’s environmental goals. Explore public data from around the world in our growing database.

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Featured Cities

Cities and local governments are utilizing EIE in creative ways that strengthen their climate action planning and results.

STORIES STORIES

Since launching EIE in 2018, we’ve partnered with over 3,000 municipalities worldwide — and in time, we plan to make it available to thousands of towns, cities, and regions around the world.

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Los Angeles, CA, USA

The City of Los Angeles is leveraging EIE's Tree Canopy Tool to add greenery to public spaces and bring cooler temperatures to its neighborhoods. (opens in a new window)

Copenhagen, Denmark

EIE's air quality insights show pollution levels on a block-by-block basis, which the City of Copenhagen is using to prioritize a clean and healthy future for its citizens. (opens in a new window)

Reducing global emissions with actionable data

At Google, we unify our practices, partnerships, and products around a single mission – to foster sustainability at scale. (opens in a new window)

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Australia

More than 100 Australian councils are using EIE data to calculate emissions from transportation, waste, agriculture, and land-use. (opens in a new window)

Oftentimes in our part of the world, mining data at the city level, the local level, is extremely difficult. Google affords us the platform and opportunity to be able to have a set of tools and make progress with it.