<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">HI Darren<div class="">Please check out website <a href="http://www.acer-acre.ca/" class="">www.acer-acre.ca</a> as starting point </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Treepedia is for tree iD and </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">TreeCaching allows you to input diameter for the tree and calculate the carbon sequesterd in different measurements above and below etc </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Carbon Calculator on the home page has DIY instructions to make you own DBH measuring device with string, duct tape and yogurt cup and convert circumference to diameter formula</div><div class="">Alice </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Publications are under About us and have tree inventories for newly planted and mature trees on different locations - carried out be undergrad interns using our equipment and Smithsonian protocols</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The economic value could be checked several places- TD Bank Economist Depratto had presentation with much of this </div><div class="">Alice </div><div class="">for ACER Association for Canadian Educational Resources </div><div class="">905=</div><div class=""> <br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 22, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Darren Platakis via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" class="">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Good morning, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am working with a number of educators to create an exercise with respect to the eco-benefits of urban trees based on collected data. I am aware of programs like i-Tree as it is the back end to OpenTreeMap which is the basis for my <a href="http://www.treeocodeniagara.com/" class="">treeOcode Niagara</a> project. Unfortunately though, when exporting data out of OpenTreeMap, it does not append the eco-benefits of the trees in the export (which would be a HUGE value add if it could be accomplished).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am searching for very basic calculation formulas that students in Grades 6-8 could put into a spreadsheet with respect to CO2 absorption, storm water filtering, and energy conservation, given the diameter and species. I understand there are incredible complexities within the calculation, but there should be something out there that can engage students on a rudimentary level. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Any/all information would be greatly appreciated. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family:helvetica,geneva,sans-serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Warmest Regards,</font></span><span style="font-family:helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(111,112,113)!important" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><font color="#6f7071" face="helvetica, geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:14.44444465637207px" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#6f7071" face="helvetica, geneva, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:14.44444465637207px" class=""><br class=""></span></font>Darren Platakis </div><div class="">BSc., GIS(PG), FRCGS</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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