Low Impact Living.com has launched a groundbreaking new Household Environmental Impact Calculator and rating system. These tools will help Americans understand their environmental impacts and chart a course to a more eco-friendly home and lifestyle.

This new calculator allows homeowners to input information about their homes and consumption habits and get a full picture of their environmental impacts. The tool calculates not only carbon emissions but ALL environmental impacts including energy use, water consumption, trash production, urban run-off production and more. It is the most comprehensive environmental impact calculator available online.

The user also receives a "LILI" or Low Impact Living Index for their household. The LILI is a rating of their overall environmental impact that ranks them relative to other households of their size in their region. For example the average LILI is 100, and if a household received a LILI of 50, they would have a below-average, or positive, environmental impact. If their LILI is 200, they have work to do. The goal is to reach as low of a LILI as possible.

The calculator goes a step further to provide recommendations for how Americans can improve the environmental sustainability of their homes and lifestyles. The user receives a list of green projects they can undertake to lower their impact. There are recommendations on such topics as solar power, wind power and other alternative energy sources; insulation and weatherproofing; low-impact landscaping; green building materials, non-toxic cleaners; hybrid cars and alternative fuels; carbon offsets, and much more. On the site customers can buy green products and find local service providers to help them implement these green home-improvement projects.

The tool also provides is insight into the economics of green projects.